Peter Mburu Wangui v Republic [2020] KEHC 6888 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NANYUKI

CRIMINAL REVISION NO.43 OF 2020

PETER MBURU WANGUI.................APPLICANT

VERSUS

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

(Revision of the Original Sentence dated 27. 11. 19 in Nanyuki Criminal Case No.1505 of 2019)

09. 04. 2020

Before Justice H P G Waweru

In Chambers

ORDER ON REVISION

1. I have examined the trial court record.

2. The convict herein, PETER MBURU WANGUI was on 27. 11. 19 sentenced to eleven (11) months imprisonment for the offence of Stealing contrary to Section 261 & 275 of the Penal Code.

3. Because of the current Coronavirus (COVID -19) crisis in our country, and in an effort to de-congest the prisons, and in exercise of the powers of the Court under Article 159(2) of the Constitution and Section 362 & 364 of the Criminal Procedure Code, I hereby set aside the sentence and substitute therefore the time already served.

4. The convict shall therefore be set at liberty forthwith unless otherwise lawfully held.

5. It is so ordered.

DATED AT NANYUKI THIS 9TH DAY OF APRIL, 2020

H.P.G. WAWERU

JUDGE

DEPUTY REGISTRAR

NANYUKI HIGH COURT