JUDGMENT
Madan JA The appellant was a Chief Inspector in the Kenya Police Force in charge of Diani Police Station. He was convicted by the Senior Resident Magistrate, Mombasa, of corruption contrary to Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (Cap 65). His appeal to the High Court was dismissed. He now brings this appeal to this court.
The Particulars of Offence were:
“Stephen Nyagah s/o Kamau: on the 12th day of January, 1980, at Diani Police Station within the Kwale District of the Coast Province, corruptly received from Gulnar Sultan Abdalla Khan the sum of Kshs 1,000 as a reward for the said Stephen Nyagah s/o Kamau, being an officer of a public body, namely a Chief Inspector within the Kenya Police Force, recovering a debt in the sum of Kshs 5,400 which was owed to the said Gulnar Sultan Abdalla Khan, being a matter in which the said public body was concerned.”
Section 3(1) reads as follows:
“3(1) Any person who shall by himself, or by or in conjunction with any other person, …