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Republic v Mulongo alias Longo (Criminal Case E010 of 2024) [2026] KEHC 13190 (KLR) (31 August 2026) (Judgment)
The High Court at Bungoma convicted Joseph Mulongo alias Longo of murder after finding that PW1 recognised him attacking the deceased with a panga and forensic evidence matched the deceased's blood.
Republic v Ruto (Criminal Case E10 of 2023) [2026] KEHC 9430 (KLR) (30 June 2026) (Sentence)
The accused did not establish that he suffered from mental illness at the time of the offence. The earlier psychiatric impression was not confirmed by later reports, no treatment records or contemporaneous medical evidence were produced, and insanity was not raised and tested at trial. On the proven facts, the murder involved severe aggravating features including strangulation, injury, kidnapping, concealment of the body, and ransom/extortion conduct. Those aggravating factors outweighed mitigation, justifying a maximum custodial sentence of 35 years.
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LMI v Republic (Criminal Appeal 12 of 2013) [2026] KECA 1072 (KLR) (29 May 2026) (Judgment)
The appeal succeeded because the record showed persistent and unresolved doubts over the appellant’s mental fitness throughout the trial, the trial court’s express orders for complete psychiatric review at Mathare Hospital were not complied with, and the prosecution kept relying on an earlier report that the court had already found unsatisfactory. In those circumstances, the Court of Appeal had no assurance that the appellant understood the proceedings or received a fair trial under Article 50, so the conviction and death sentence could not stand.
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The Court of Appeal upheld Dennis Okinyo Akello’s murder conviction, holding that no prejudice arose from the absence of a mental assessment before plea and that provocation was not properly raised.
The Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction, finding no credible evidence of provocation or unsound mind and holding that the appellant intentionally stabbed the deceased.
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