• In Count 1, Mutunda corruptly solicited and received K3, 500 cash gratification
• In Count 2, Mutanda on a different occasion corruptly solicited for a further K2, 500 and received K2, 000 cash gratification.
• Mutunda was arrested by the ACC in February, 2020.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has revealed that the Kasama magistrate’s Court has sentenced a Police Officer to 12 Months imprisonment with hard labour for corrupt practices involving bribery.

ACC Spokesperson Queen Chibwe told Money FM News in a statement that Arnold Mutunda, 34 years old, a Police Officer based at Kasama Police Station was on Friday 27th August 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 .

Ms. Chibwe noted in Count 1, 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.

She said in Count 2, 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.

“The court found Mutunda guilty on both counts and sentenced him to 6 months imprison with hard labour on each of the counts to run consecutively with effect from the date of sentence,” said Ms. Chibwe.

She explained that, “He will thus serve 12 months in prison with effect from 27th August, 2021.”

According to the Anti-Corruption Commission Spokesperson, Mutunda was arrested by the ACC in February, 2020.