By MAIMBO MWEEMBA
The Kasama magistrate’s Court has sentenced a Police Officer in Kasama to 12 Months imprisonment with hard labour for corrupt practices involving bribery.
Mr Arnold Mutunda, 34 years old, a Police Officer based at Kasama Police Station was on Friday August, 27, 2021, found guilty on Two Counts of Corrupt Practices by a Public officer contrary to section 19 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Act no. 3 of 2012.
In Count 1, details are that Mr Mutunda corruptly solicited and received K3,500 cash gratification as an inducement or reward for him to facilitate the change of an offence in a named case from Aggravated Robbery to Theft.
In Count 2, Mr Mutanda on a different occasion corruptly solicited for a further K2,500 and received K2,000 cash gratification as an inducement or reward for him to facilitate the change of the offence in the same case from Aggravated Robbery to Theft.
Mr Mutunda was found guilty on both counts and sentenced him to 6 months imprisonment with hard labour on each of the counts to run consecutively with effect from the date of sentence.
He is to serve 12 months in prison with effect from August, 27, 2021.
Mr Mutunda was arrested by the ACC in February, 2020.
This is according to a statement released by ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe.
