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Koech v Republic [2025] KEHC 8214 (KLR)
The High Court at Eldoret allowed an application to credit remand custody time against a five-year robbery-with-violence sentence under section 333(2) CPC.
Masika v Republic [2025] KEHC 6902 (KLR)
The court held that Section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code requires that any period spent in pre-trial custody must be taken into account when passing sentence. The applicant, having spent one year and ten months in remand custody prior to conviction and sentencing, is entitled to have this period deducted from the four-year custodial sentence imposed. The rationale is to ensure that the total period of incarceration does not exceed what is just and fair, and to give effect to the constitutional rights to fair trial and reasonable duration of proceedings. The court found that the commi…
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Rono v Republic [2025] KEHC 6918 (KLR)
The High Court dismissed a sentence-review application in a gang rape case, holding that revision cannot substitute for appeal and no lawful basis existed to reduce the sentence.
Republic v Serar [2025] KEHC 4251 (KLR)
The High Court sentenced Zamzam Bashir Serar to seven years’ imprisonment after a plea bargain conviction for manslaughter, citing extreme provocation and abuse.
K v Republic [2024] KEHC 12981 (KLR)
The High Court declined to review a 40-year defilement sentence, but ordered that 2 years and 8 months spent in remand be credited to the term.
Republic v Nunow [2024] KEHC 8592 (KLR)
The High Court sentenced an accused who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a murder charge was reduced, weighing remorse, partial compensation, and the need for retribution.
Mbugua v Republic [2024] KEHC 8323 (KLR)
The High Court declined to reduce a 2-year sentence for obtaining by false pretenses, but ordered 362 days of remand custody be credited under section 333(2).
Republic v Kipkoech [2024] KEHC 6534 (KLR)
The High Court at Eldoret sentenced the accused for manslaughter after a plea bargain, balancing mitigation, aggravation, and remand credit under section 333(2).
Evereste v Republic [2024] KEHC 4543 (KLR)
The court found that the trial court failed to comply with section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code by not taking into account the period the applicant spent in remand custody prior to sentencing. The Constitution and statutory law require that any period spent in pretrial detention must be credited against the custodial sentence imposed, as a safeguard of the accused's rights to liberty, dignity, and fair trial. The court emphasized that this requirement is mandatory and non-compliance offends the principles of fairness and proportionality in sentencing. The applicant's record confirmed…
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Republic v Mwangi [2024] KEHC 2206 (KLR)
The court found that although manslaughter carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, this case did not fall within the most heinous category warranting such a sentence. The accused was a first offender, pleaded guilty, showed remorse, and had strong family and community support. The court considered the mitigating factors, including the lack of prior criminal history, the circumstances of the offence (a spontaneous altercation while intoxicated), and the willingness of the victim's family to reconcile. The court also applied the principle of deducting time spent in remand from the sente…
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