Republic v Fredrick Otieno Odero [2021] KEHC 5519 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA

AT SIAYA

MISCELLEANOUS CRIMINAL CASE NO. E079 OF 2021

REPUBLIC ......................................PROSECUTOR

VERSUS

FREDRICK OTIENO ODERO ..... RESPONDENT

(Appeal from the judgment, conviction and sentence in Bondo Pm’s Magistrates Court No. 46 of 2020 on 28. 6.2021)

RULING

1. The Applicant was convicted and sentenced nearly 3 years ago.  No good reason or explanation is given for the inordinate delay in filing the appeal or application for leave to file the appeal out of time.

2. The application is an afterthought.

3. The same is hereby dismissed.

4. File Closed.

DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT SIAYA THIS 28TH DAY OF JUNE, 2021.

R. E. ABURILI

JUDGE