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Criminal procedure [2026] KEHC 13058 (KLR)

Bare v Petroleum Institute of East Africa & another

Bare v Petroleum Institute of East Africa & another (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E112 of 2025) [2026] KEHC 13058 (KLR) (18 August 2026) (Ruling)

Court
High Court
Case number
Miscellaneous Criminal Application E112 of 2025
Judge
["AM Muteti"]

The impugned revision orders were unlawful and irregular because they enhanced sentence against the applicant without affording him a hearing as required by section 364(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code and Article 50 of the Constitution. The confusing record left doubt as to the identity of the unrepresented respondent, and that doubt had to be resolved in the applicant’s favour. The orders were therefore set aside and the revision application remitted for hearing inter partes.

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  • Criminal revision
  • Right to be heard
  • Audi alteram partem
  • Sentence enhancement
  • Natural justice
  • High court supervisory jurisdiction
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Criminal law [2026] KEHC 12228 (KLR)

Bett & 2 others v Republic

Bett & 2 others v Republic (Criminal Appeal 18 of 2019) [2026] KEHC 12228 (KLR) (30 July 2026) (Judgment)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal 18 of 2019
Judge
["E Ominde"]

The court upheld the convictions because the prosecution evidence from multiple complainants and witnesses established armed robbery and coordinated gang defilement, with corroboration from recovery of stolen property, identification parade evidence, and medical evidence confirming sexual assault. On sentence, the court found the 30-year robbery terms and 20-year gang-defilement terms were not excessive, but it held that ordering the three 20-year sexual offence sentences to run consecutively was unnecessary and excessive in aggregate; they were substituted with concurrent terms, reducing the…

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  • Robbery with violence
  • Gang defilement
  • Identification evidence
  • Recent possession
  • Concurrent and consecutive sentences
  • Sentence enhancement
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Criminal law [2026] KEHC 11200 (KLR)

COA; Republic (Respondent)

COA; Republic (Respondent) (Criminal Appeal E005 of 2026) [2026] KEHC 11200 (KLR) (23 July 2026) (Judgment)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal E005 of 2026
Judge
["AM Hassan"]

The prosecution proved incest beyond reasonable doubt through the complainant’s testimony, medical evidence, and DNA evidence establishing paternity and the prohibited relationship. The trial court complied with section 333(2) CPC by crediting 47 days spent in custody. The 20-year sentence was not shown to be illegal or wrong in principle, and enhancement was refused because the Respondent did not prove service of the enhancement notice or afford the Appellant a hearing on enhancement.

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  • Incest
  • Proof of penetration
  • Dna evidence and paternity
  • First appellate re-evaluation of evidence
  • Section 333(2) cpc credit for time spent in custody
  • Sentence enhancement
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Criminal law [2026] KEHC 11138 (KLR)

Ilale v Republic

Ilale v Republic (Criminal Appeal E086 of 2025) [2026] KEHC 11138 (KLR) (21 July 2026) (Judgment)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal E086 of 2025
Judge
["AK Ithuku"]

The conviction was upheld because, although the stage identification evidence was weak and the charge was defectively framed, the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the deceased’s motorcycle was taken by two men, that fatal violence accompanied the taking, and that the appellant was one of the men through direct evidence of immediate pursuit and arrest. The appellant’s alibi was displaced, fair-trial complaints did not show prejudice sufficient to vitiate the trial, and the 30-year sentence was unauthorized because section 296(2) prescribes death; the respondent’s notice of enhan…

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  • Robbery with violence
  • Identification evidence
  • Alibi defence
  • Disclosure and fair trial rights
  • Exhibit handling and photographic evidence
  • Common intention
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Criminal law [2026] KEHC 10820 (KLR)

Kaliunga v Republic

Kaliunga v Republic (Criminal Appeal E020 of 2024) [2026] KEHC 10820 (KLR) (16 July 2026) (Judgment)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal E020 of 2024
Judge
["EN Muriuki"]

The prosecution proved a violent robbery occurred and the appellant was reliably recognized by witnesses who knew him and observed him under lights; his alibi and complaints about contradictions did not create reasonable doubt. The conviction was therefore upheld. Although the trial court imposed an unauthorized six-year term, the appellate court declined to enhance the sentence because the prosecution had given no notice and enhancing it would be prejudicial, so the sentence was left undisturbed and the appeal dismissed.

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  • Robbery with violence
  • Identification by recognition
  • Alibi defence
  • First appellate court re-evaluation
  • Mandatory sentence
  • Sentence enhancement
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Criminal law [2026] KEHC 11372 (KLR)

Ahamed v Republic

Ahamed v Republic (Criminal Appeal E090 of 2025) [2026] KEHC 11372 (KLR) (15 July 2026) (Judgment)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal E090 of 2025
Judge
["JK Biomdo"]

The court held that penetration, age, and recognition were proved, and that the medical documents were properly admitted through PW3 under section 77 of the Evidence Act; however, the birth certificate was improperly relied on after objection and was expunged. Despite that, age remained proved through the complainant and her mother. The decisive point was the statutory defence under section 8(5) and (6) of the Sexual Offences Act: the complainant admitted deceiving the appellant about her age, the appellant had sought to verify her age, and the relationship was consensual and marriage-like. O…

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  • Defilement
  • Proof of penetration
  • Proof of age
  • Identification by recognition
  • Admissibility of documentary evidence
  • Section 8(5) and (6) defence
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Criminal law [2026] KECA 1411 (KLR)

Ontumbo & 2 others v Republic

Ontumbo & 2 others v Republic (Criminal Appeal E022 of 2022) [2026] KECA 1411 (KLR) (10 July 2026) (Judgment)

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
Criminal Appeal E022 of 2022
Judge
["MS Asike-Makhandia", "EC Mwita", "B Ongaya"]

The appeal failed because the evidence established that the appellants, acting jointly and armed, robbed the victims through violence and gang raped PW1; the identification evidence was reliable; no prejudice arose from the alleged lack of counsel or disclosure complaint; and the Court of Appeal upheld the lawful substitution of the illegal 30-year term with the statutorily prescribed death sentence for robbery with violence.

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  • Robbery with violence
  • Gang rape
  • Identification evidence
  • Police identification parade
  • Fair trial rights
  • Right to counsel
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Criminal law [2026] KECA 1358 (KLR)

Kathenya v Republic

Kathenya v Republic (Criminal Appeal 94 of 2020) [2026] KECA 1358 (KLR) (3 July 2026) (Judgment)

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
Criminal Appeal 94 of 2020
Judge
["S ole Kantai", "A Ali-Aroni", "JW Lessit"]

The Court held that it had jurisdiction to review the sentence enhancement because that was a point of law, but the appellant’s complaint failed. The High Court had warned him of the enhancement, he did not object, the burglary was at night and attracted the statutory maximum of ten years, and the sentences were in fact ordered to run concurrently, not consecutively. The challenge to enhancement was treated as an afterthought, so there was no basis to interfere with the sentence.

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  • Burglary
  • Stealing
  • Handling stolen goods
  • Second appeal
  • Sentence enhancement
  • Recent possession
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Criminal law [2026] KEHC 6681 (KLR)

Lokadar v Republic

Lokadar v Republic (Criminal Appeal E015 of 2024) [2026] KEHC 6681 (KLR) (15 May 2026) (Judgment)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal E015 of 2024
Judge
["AK Ndung'u"]

The court found that the offence of robbery with violence was proved through consistent testimony showing that the attackers were armed, acted in a group, and used actual violence, and that the appellant was reliably identified by recognition and by an identification parade. The court therefore upheld the conviction. On sentence, the court noted that the trial court’s 30-year terms were erroneous because section 296(2) prescribes death, but it declined to interfere to the appellant’s prejudice because no notice of enhancement had been served. The appeal was dismissed in full.

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  • Robbery with violence
  • Identification evidence
  • Recognition evidence
  • Identification parade
  • Burden and standard of proof
  • Failure to call witnesses
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Criminal law [2026] KEHC 6353 (KLR)

Njoroge v Republic

Njoroge v Republic (Criminal Case E003 of 2026) [2026] KEHC 6353 (KLR) (5 May 2026) (Ruling)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Case E003 of 2026
Judge
["DKN Magare"]

The appellant did not demonstrate an overwhelming probability of success on appeal, and no sufficient material was placed before the court to justify release on bond pending appeal; accordingly, the application failed.

Source excerpt

  • Bond pending appeal
  • Defilement
  • Likelihood of appeal success
  • Sentence enhancement
  • Custodial custody pending appeal
  • Employment consequences of conviction
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