Juma v Republic [2022] KEHC 16854 (KLR)

Juma v Republic (Criminal Revision E056 of 2022) [2022] KEHC 16854 (KLR) (22 December 2022) (Ruling)

Neutral citation: [2022] KEHC 16854 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the High Court at Siaya

Criminal Revision E056 of 2022

RE Aburili, J

December 22, 2022

Between

Nelson Wafula Juma

Applicant

and

Republic

Respondent

(Being an Application for sentence revision in Siaya CM’s Criminal Case No. 323 of 2018 delivered by Hon. J.O. Ong’ondo, Principal Magistrate on 25. 10. 2019 AND in Siaya HCRA 78/2019)

Ruling

1. On October 25, 2019, the convict Nelson Wafula Ouma was sentenced to serve life imprisonment for the offence of manslaughter contrary to section 202 as read with section 205 of the Penal Code.

2. He appealed to this court vide HCRA 78/2019 which upheld the conviction but reduced sentence to 7 years imprisonment to be calculated from January 15, 2018 when he was arrested. The offence was serious and aggravated,

3. I decline to revise the sentence re-imposed and already reduced.

4. File closed. I so order.

DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT SIAYA, THIS 22ND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022. R.E. ABURILIJUDGE