[2024] KEHC 1933 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant's prayer for sentence review had already been fully considered and determined in High Court Criminal Appeal No. E023 of 2021. The trial magistrate had exercised discretion in sentencing and had taken the applicant's mitigation into account. Furthermore, the sentence was ordered to...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 1933 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Ali Masha Ngumbao; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Mombasa
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application E159 of 2023
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Sentence Review Application
- Outcome
- application dismissed
- Judges
- A. Ong’injo
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Review, Mitigation, Mandatory Sentences
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Ali Masha Ngumbao
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Sentence Review Application
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant's sentence should be reviewed on the basis that it was mandatory and mitigation was not considered.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicant's prayer for sentence review had already been fully considered and determined in High Court Criminal Appeal No. E023 of 2021. The trial magistrate had exercised discretion in sentencing and had taken the applicant's mitigation into account. Furthermore, the sentence was ordered to run from the date of arraignment, addressing the applicant's concerns. As the issues raised were previously adjudicated, the application was dismissed as res judicata and lacking merit.
Court Disposition
application dismissed
Orders
- The application for sentence review is dismissed.
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Ngumbao v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E159 of 2023) [2024] KEHC 1933 (KLR) (18 January 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 1933 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Mombasa
Miscellaneous Criminal Application E159 of 2023
A. Ong’injo, J
January 18, 2024
Between
Ali Masha Ngumbao
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
Ruling
1. The Applicant seeks that his sentence be reviewed for reasons that same is mandatory and that his mitigation was not considered.
2. The Applicants prayer was considered in High Court Criminal Appeal No. E023 of 2021 it was established that the trial Magistrate passed the sentence of 20 years on 06th May 2020 after considering his mitigation and exercised discretion in meting out the said sentence.
3. It was also ordered that the sentence runs from 19th October 2018 when the applicant was arraigned in court. The prayer was therefore exhaustively considered and application is dismissed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED IN OPEN COURT/ONLINE THROUGH MS TEAMS,THIS 18TH DAY OF JANUARY 2024HON. LADY JUSTICE A. ONG’INJOJUDGEIn the presence of:Ogwel - Court AssistantMr. Ngiri for the RespondentApplicant- Present in personHON. LADY JUSTICE A. ONG’INJOJUDGE