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…Buch) charged with the offence of “being a member of unlawful society contrary to section 6(a) of the Societies Act.”…

…reasonable cause to believe that the said Mwakenya was unlawful society.…

…Mr Chung, the DPP contended that the separate unlawful acts of the appellant are so inter-related as to constitute a continuous taking.…

…against John Opiyo Arunga on 19th November 1991 requiring the said John Opiyo Arunga to execute a bond of Shs 20,000/- with a surety to keep peace for six months was not only against the rule of natural justice but was also unlawful…

…The appellant’s story was that although he was at the scene, they in fact arrested a person in unlawful possession of gold. They had a tip off from a small boy about this.…

…Reynolds was unlawfully detained.” In that case not only were there no grounds for detention shown in the statement but no grounds were shown in a subsequent inquiry and in an action for false imprisonment.…

…In the Ooko case, Rudd J, a most experienced judge came to a similar conclusion: “The plaintiff” he said “argued that failure to state sufficient detailed ground rendered his detention unlawful.…

…In our view therefore, as continuing unlawful possession of the wolfram, even if it originated with the second appellant, attached itself in law to the other conspirators.”…

…The urging and submission on the last ground of appeal was that the sentence is unlawful.…