Cecilia Napetu v Republic [2020] KEHC 7256 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA

AT NANYUKI

CRIMINAL REVISION NO.36 OF 2020

CECILIA NAPETU.......................................................................APPLICANT

VERSUS

REPUBLIC...............................................................................RESPONDENT

(Revision of the Original  Sentence dated 09. 09. 2019 in Nanyuki

Criminal Case No.1312 of 2019 – V.M. Masivo, RM)

23/03/2020

Before Justice H P G Waweru

In Chambers

ORDER ON REVISION

1. The convict herein CECILIA NAPETU, was on 09. 09. 2019 sentenced to nine (9) months imprisonment for the offence of Stealing by Servant contrary to Section 281 of thePenal Code.

2. Because of the Coronavirus (COVID – 19) emergency, and in exercise of this court’s powers under Article 159(2) of the Constitution and Section 362 and 364of the Criminal Procedure Code, I hereby set aside that sentence and substitute therefore the time already served.

3. The convict shall therefore be set at liberty forthwith unless otherwise lawfully held.  It is so ordered.

DATED AT NANYUKI THIS 23RD DAY OF MARCH, 2020

H.P.G. WAWERU

JUDGE.

DEPUTY REGISTRAR

NANYUKI HIGH COURT