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Criminal-law [2026] KEHC-DR 19 (KLR)

James Owino Oduor & Nicholas Mureithi Nyaga v Republic

The High Court allowed the appellants’ criminal appeal, quashed the convictions for robbery with violence, and set aside the 20-year sentences.

  • Robbery-with-violence
  • Identification-evidence
  • Identification-parade
  • Confession-admissibility
  • Section-333(2)-criminal-procedure-code
  • Criminal-appeal
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Criminal-law [2026] KEHC 13397 (KLR)

Alfred Nyongesa Ouma v Republic

The High Court struck out a sentence-review motion, holding it lacked jurisdiction to revisit earlier rulings of a judge of equal jurisdiction; appeal lay to the Court of Appeal.

  • Review-of-sentence
  • Jurisdiction
  • Mandatory-minimum-sentences
  • Right-to-mitigation
  • Section-333(2)-criminal-procedure-code
  • Withdrawal-of-appeal
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Criminal-law [2026] KEHC 13277 (KLR)

Marionya v Republic

Marionya v Republic (Criminal Miscellaneous Application E024 of 2026) [2026] KEHC 13277 (KLR) (15 July 2026) (Ruling)

The High Court revised sentence computation to credit the applicant with 38 days spent in lawful custody, applying section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

  • Section-333(2)-criminal-procedure-code
  • Credit-for-pre-sentence-custody
  • Revision-of-sentence
  • Computation-of-sentence
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal-law [2026] KEHC 13281 (KLR)

Juma v Republic

Juma v Republic (Criminal Miscellaneous Application E026 of 2026) [2026] KEHC 13281 (KLR) (14 July 2026) (Ruling)

The High Court at Nyamira allowed a motion under section 333(2) CPC and ordered that the 15-year sentence run from the date of arrest and remand.

  • Defilement
  • Credit-for-pre-sentence-custody
  • Section-333(2)-criminal-procedure-code
  • Sentence-computation
  • Criminal-procedure-code
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Criminal-law [2026] KEHC 13280 (KLR)

Chweya v Republic

Chweya v Republic (Miscellaneous Application E003 of 2026) [2026] KEHC 13280 (KLR) (21 May 2026) (Ruling)

The High Court at Nyamira allowed an unopposed application to make two prison terms run concurrently and backdated the sentence to the date of arrest.

  • Concurrency-of-sentences
  • Consecutive-sentences
  • Sentencing-discretion
  • Time-spent-in-custody
  • Section-333(2)-criminal-procedure-code
  • Concurrent-sentences
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Criminal-law [2026] KEHC 13283 (KLR)

Makori v Republic

Makori v Republic (Criminal Miscellaneous Application E056 of 2025) [2026] KEHC 13283 (KLR) (21 May 2026) (Ruling)

The High Court allowed a sentence review application and ordered that a 20-year sentence run from the date of arrest, crediting pre-conviction custody time.

  • Sentencing
  • Section-333(2)-criminal-procedure-code
  • Pre-sentence-custody-credit
  • Review-of-sentence
  • Pre-sentence-custody
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal-law [2026] KEHC 5111 (KLR)

Odhiambo v Republic

Odhiambo v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E012 of 2026) [2026] KEHC 5111 (KLR) (23 April 2026) (Ruling)

The High Court struck out an application for review after noting the applicant had a pending appeal, where the section 333(2) issue should be raised.

  • Review-of-sentence
  • Section-333(2)-criminal-procedure-code
  • Pending-appeal
  • Criminal-review
  • Section-333-2-criminal-procedure-code
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Criminal-law [2026] KEHC 5236 (KLR)

Cheruiyot v Republic

Cheruiyot v Republic (Criminal Miscellaneous Application E213 of 2024) [2026] KEHC 5236 (KLR) (23 April 2026) (Ruling)

The High Court dismissed an application seeking sentence computation under section 333(2) CPC, holding it lacked jurisdiction after an appeal had been determined.

  • Computation-of-sentence
  • Remand-period
  • Jurisdiction
  • Section-333(2)-criminal-procedure-code
  • Sentence-computation
  • Criminal-procedure-code
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Criminal-law [2026] KECA 628 (KLR)

Miano v Republic

The Court of Appeal dismissed a second appeal by Daniel Njihia Miano, upholding the High Court’s enhancement of sentence to death for robbery with violence.

  • Robbery-with-violence
  • Simple-robbery
  • Sentence-enhancement
  • Second-appeal
  • Section-354-criminal-procedure-code
  • Section-296-penal-code
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Criminal-law [2026] KECA 605 (KLR)

Evans Otieno Adon'go v Republic

Appeal against a 35-year murder sentence partly succeeded. The Court of Appeal reduced the term to 25 years and ordered it to run from the arrest date.

  • Murder
  • Sentence-review
  • Mitigation
  • First-offender
  • Section-333(2)-criminal-procedure-code
  • Pre-sentence-report
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