Omondi v Republic [2024] KEHC 11541 (KLR)

Omondi v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E174 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 11541 (KLR) (26 September 2024) (Ruling)

Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 11541 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the High Court at Kisumu

Miscellaneous Criminal Application E174 of 2024

RE Aburili, J

September 26, 2024

Between

Harold Okello Omondi

Applicant

and

Republic

Respondent

((From the original conviction and sentence in Kisumu High Court Criminal Case No. 25 of 2011)

Ruling

1. The Applicant/Convict Harold Okello Omondi was sentence to serve twenty (20) years imprisonment for the offence of murder vide HCCRC No. 25 of 2011 on 19th December 2017.

2. He seeks for sentence review.

3. There is no basis upon which this court should review lawful lenient sentence noting that the Mandatory sentence under Section 204 of the Penal Code is death.

4. I find no merit in the application dated 1st July 2024 which is hereby dismissed and this file closed.

DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 26TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024R. E. ABURILIJUDGE