Jamlick Gachari Musikiri v Republic
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…That section reads as follows: “where, in any proceedings before any court or person having by law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence, any child of tender years called as a witness does not, in the opinion…
…given upon oath, if, in the opinion of the court or such person, he is possessed of sufficient intelligence to justify the reception of the evidence, and understands the duty of speaking the truth, and his evidence in any proceedings…