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…Where a document contains an admission there is provision under Section 23 of the Evidence Act Cap 80 which states: “In all civil cases no admission may be approved if it is made either upon an express condition that evidence…

…I cannot say in the circumstances of the case that there was protection under Section 23 of the Evidence Act. The letter was written in response to a demand notice before action for a specied amount money.…

…The ground on which the petition has been brought is that the company is unable to pa its debts (see sections 219 and 220 of the Companies Act).…

…There is evidence (oral and affidavit ) to show that as at 1st August, 1986 the company was indebted to the Petitioner, for moneys lent and advanced, in the sum of shs 946,615/70 and that on 22nd September, 1986 the necessary…

…Moreover, the necessity of material corroboration of the evidence of child of tender years is not only emphasized in these cases but is a sine qua non under section 124 of the Evidence Act (cap 80) to conviction of a person…

…The said section 124 reads as follows: “Notwithstanding the provisions of section 19 of the Oaths and Statutory Declaration Act, where evidence of a child of tender years is admitted in accordance with that section on behalf…

…Mr Muhia thereafter referred us to Section 25 and Section 28(b) of the Evidence Act and urges us to uphold his contention that the appellant’s confession could not, in law, be proved against him. 5.…

…That being the case, in the present case, on the basis of Section 28(b) of the Evidence Act, the material statements ought to have been excluded in the consideration whether or not the prosecution had proved the case against…

…Evidence under Section 124 of the Evidence Act does not require corroboration. The prosecution does have discretion of who to call as a witness.…

…It was further submitted that under Section 77 of the Evidence Act, any person who qualifies as a medical doctor or clinical officer can produce a P3 form as well as a post rape care form on behalf of another expert unless…

…in the Kenya Evidence Act have supplanted the previous law on the subject.…

…The first one is (1 KAR 540 at 549): ‘But section 30 of the Indian Evidence Act which corresponds now to section 32(1) of the Evidence Act, Cap 80) merely says that a confession by a co-accused may be “taken into consideration…

…Evidence Act (cap 80) section 124 January 17, 1991, Wambilyangah Ag J delivered the following Judgment.…

…that the girl in question was only 13 years, (see the P3 form) and where her obvious appearance or physical stature warranted the learned magistrate to treat her as a child of tender years as required by section 124 of the Evidence…

…Act that qualifies treatment of a suspect.…

…Our S.141 of Evidence Act says:- "An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person and a conviction shall not be illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice", So…

…Act that qualifies treatment of a suspect.…

…Our S.141 of Evidence Act says:- "An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person and a conviction shall not be illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice", So…

…Mr Muhia thereafter referred us to Section 25 and Section 28(b) of the Evidence Act and urges us to uphold his contention that the appellant’s confession could not, in law, be proved against him. 5.…

…That being the case, in the present case, on the basis of Section 28(b) of the Evidence Act, the material statements ought to have been excluded in the consideration whether or not the prosecution had proved the case against…

…As such they could not betaken as evidence against the other, even to the limited extent permitted by section 32 of the Evidence Act (cap 80).…

…Tibanyendela (1948) 15 EACA 111 it was held that extra judicial statements by co-accused which exculpate themselves and implicate one or more of their co-accused are not admissible in evidence under section 30 of the Indian Evidence…

…It is said that S 57 (1) of the Evidence Act allows evidence to be admitted that the accused person has committed or been convicted of or charged with any offence other than that with which he is then charged or is of bad…

…In consideration of conviction, the allegation without more that other offences have been committed, even if admissible under the Evidence Act, would be more prejudicial to the accused than probative, and should be excluded…

…If that is so then their evidence requires corroboration by law (section 124 Evidence Act), and they cannot therefore corroborate each other. For that reason only the conviction cannot be sustained.…

…re-evaluate the entire evidence and find that there was no evidence to convict; by passing a conviction and sentence based on the doctrine of recent possession; by failing to observe the contraventions of section 163(c) of the Evidence…

…Act; by failing to comply with section 169 of the Criminal Procedure Code; by basing conviction and sentence on scanty and flawed prosecution evidence; by failing to observe contravention of section Article 50(1) of the…

…Mr Mburu’s second argument was that the doctrine has no legal sanction particularly in the Evidence Act, Cap 80 Laws of Kenya. Mr Mburu’s attention must have escaped the provisions of S 23 of the Act.…

…It is regretted that due to the lapse of time and misapprehension of the effect of S.47 of the Evidence Act, which necessitated an appeal and the failure of the court of appeal to deal with the matter on the basis of the…

…proceedings of the lower court which were produced by the consent of the parties under S.61 of the Evidence Act as the parties had agreed to rely thereon during the proceedings, the parties herein have been seriously handicapped…

…It is regretted that due to the lapse of time and misapprehension of the effect of S.47 of the Evidence Act, which necessitated an appeal and the failure of the court of appeal to deal with the matter on the basis of the…

…proceedings of the lower court which were produced by the consent of the parties under S.61 of the Evidence Act as the parties had agreed to rely thereon during the proceedings, the parties herein have been seriously handicapped…

…This is not only logical and circumstantially necessary but would also lay the foundation required to have the report sensibly produced under section 77 of the Evidence Act as it would finally turn out.…

…This court has therefore to assume in favour of the prosecution that it was so produced under section 77 of the Evidence Act. But as I said in answer to a similar issue in Mombasa HCCR.A.…

…Nor was it permissible under section 57(1) of the Evidence Act (cap 80) to give evidence that the appellant had been convicted of the theft of the car. It proved nothing and was highly prejudicial.…