Okumu v Republic [2024] KEHC 11281 (KLR)

Okumu v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E122 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 11281 (KLR) (25 September 2024) (Ruling)

Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 11281 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the High Court at Kisumu

Miscellaneous Criminal Application E122 of 2024

RE Aburili, J

September 25, 2024

Between

Kelvin Omondi Okumu

Applicant

and

Republic

Respondent

(From the original conviction and sentence in Kisumu Chief Magistrate’s Court Criminal Case No. E739 of 2022)

Ruling

1. The Applicant/Convict is Kevin Omondi Okumu who was sentenced to serve 4 years’ imprisonment for the offence of obtaining by false pretences vide Kisumu CMCRC No. E739 of 2022.

2. He claims that now he is remorseful and seeks for review of sentence to probation. That he is an orphan and sole breadwinner of his family.

3. There are no court proceedings annexed for this court to consider circumstances under which the offence was committed and how much the complainant lost through the convict’s fraudulent activities.

4. I find no merit in the application which I hereby dismiss.

5. This file is closed.

DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024R. E. ABURILIJUDGE