[2022] KEHC 16846 (KLR)
The court found that, despite the presentence report indicating the applicant's unsuitability for a non-custodial sentence due to anger outbursts, the broader objective of prison decongestion warranted a revision of the custodial sentence. The applicant had already served nearly half of the default custodial term....
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- Citation
- [2022] KEHC 16846 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Michael Owino Kitoi; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Siaya
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision E074 of 2022
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling on Application for Sentence Revision
- Outcome
- Sentence revised; applicant released from prison to serve community service. Orders made for care and protection of children.
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Revision, Assault Causing Actual Bodily Harm, Community Service Orders
- Source Language
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Parties
Michael Owino Kitoi
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling on Application for Sentence Revision
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the sentence imposed on the applicant was appropriate in light of the presentence report and the need for prison decongestion.
- 2 Whether the applicant should be released from prison to serve a non-custodial sentence.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that, despite the presentence report indicating the applicant's unsuitability for a non-custodial sentence due to anger outbursts, the broader objective of prison decongestion warranted a revision of the custodial sentence. The applicant had already served nearly half of the default custodial term. The court exercised its revisionary jurisdiction to substitute the remaining prison term with a community service order at Yala police station for three months. The court also considered the welfare of children in the applicant's custody, directing their placement under the care and protection of the children’s officer, Siaya county.
Court Disposition
Sentence revised; applicant released from prison to serve community service. Orders made for care and protection of children.
Orders
- The applicant, Michael Owino Kitoi, shall be released from prison and serve unpaid community service at Yala police station for three months.
- Children in the custody of the applicant, including the victim LA, to be placed under care and protection by the children’s officer, Siaya county, through the court process.
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Kitoi v Republic (Criminal Revision E074 of 2022) [2022] KEHC 16846 (KLR) (20 December 2022) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2022] KEHC 16846 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Siaya
Criminal Revision E074 of 2022
RE Aburili, J
December 20, 2022
Between
Michael Owino Kitoi
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
(Being an Application for sentence revision in Siaya CM’s Criminal Case No. E272 of 2022 delivered by Hon. B. Limo, Senior Resident Magistrate on 29. 9.2022)
Ruling
1. On September 29, 2022, the convict herein Michael Owino Kitoi was sentenced to a fine of Kshs 30,000/= in default to serve 6 months imprisonment. He was arrested on September 21, 2022 for the offence of assault causing actual bodily harm. The presentence report showed that the convict has serious anger outbursts and was unsuitable for non-custodial sentence.
2. The convict has served close to 3 months of the 6 months imprisonment in default of the imposed fine.
3. In the spirit of prison decongestion, I revise his prison term and order that Michael Owino Kitoi shall unless otherwise lawfully held, be released from prison to served unpaid community service at Yala police station for three (3) months.
4. I further order that the children who were in custody of the convict including the victim LA be placed under care and protection by the children’s officer, Siaya county, through the court process.
5. File closed.
6. I so order.
Dated, signed and delivered at Siaya, this 20th Day of December, 2022R.E. ABURILIJUDGE