Martin Kigogo Ireri v Republic [2020] KEHC 7234 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA

AT NANYUKI

CRIMINAL REVISION NO.11 OF 2020

MARTIN KIGOGO IRERI.....APPLICANT

VERSUS

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

(Revision of the Original Sentence dated 24. 10. 2019 in Nanyuki Criminal Case No.1196  of 2018 – L. Mutai, CM)

23/03/2020

Before Justice H P G Waweru

In Chambers

ORDER ON REVISION

1.  The convict herein, MARTIN KIGOGO IRERI, was on 24. 10. 2019 sentenced to 1 ½ years imprisonment for the offence of being in possession of narcotic drugs contrary to Section 3(1) and (2) (a) of Act No.4 of 1994.

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