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High Court at Marsabit dismissed an appeal against a guilty plea conviction for threatening to kill and a ten-year sentence, holding the plea was unequivocal and the sentence was not manifestly excessive.
The High Court struck out, in limine, a further application to reduce a 40-year re-sentence for murder, holding that revisiting a sentence already substituted by a court of concurrent jurisdiction is an abuse of process.
High Court revision on a cheating sentence: conviction was upheld, the fine-and-default imprisonment structure was found lawful, and custody credit of two days was ordered.
The High Court allowed a revision application, holding that a one-year sentence for theft must run from the date of arrest because the trial court failed to account for pre-sentence custody under section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Criminal appeal judgment from the High Court at Nakuru in Samuel Mwangi Nderitu v Republic. The decision text provided is still being processed, so the substantive outcome is not available.
The High Court upheld a life sentence for defilement of a ten-year-old under Section 8(2) of the Sexual Offences Act, after the appellant elected to appeal sentence only.
Sentencing ruling in which the accused, after pleading guilty to breaking into a building and committing a felony, received a two-year custodial sentence despite mitigation, as non-custodial options were found unsuitable.
High Court at Voi reviewed a custodial sentence of one year and six months for stealing KES 10,000 via M-Pesa to a Community Service Order of three months, finding the remaining term below three years and a favourable report recommending probation.
Mwamburi v Republic (Criminal Revision E073 of 2026) [2026] KEHC 13291 (KLR) (2 September 2026) (Ruling)
The High Court at Voi dismissed an application for sentence review, holding that the adverse review report, repeat offending, and lack of suitability for community service barred relief.
Juma v Republic (Criminal Revision E002 of 2026) [2026] KEHC 13043 (KLR) (21 August 2026) (Ruling)
The High Court held that revision was not available as a substitute for appeal, but the applicant was entitled to relief on the narrower ground that the trial court failed to take into account the period spent in remand custody under section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. Because the trial court also failed to clarify whether the convictions related to all counts and whether the sentences were concurrent or consecutive, the High Court treated the sentences as concurrent and directed that the prison authorities credit the applicant with 5 months and 18 days spent in custody.
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