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Criminal-law [2026] KEHC 5525 (KLR)

Republic v Wafula & 2 others

Republic v Wafula & 2 others (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E123 of 2025) [2026] KEHC 5525 (KLR) (23 April 2026) (Ruling)

The High Court held that only it could order transfer of a criminal case between magistrates’ courts, set aside the Bungoma ruling, and kept the case at Sirisia.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Transfer-of-criminal-proceedings
  • Supervisory-powers
  • Fair-trial
  • Political-interference
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal-law [2025] KEHC 10522 (KLR)

Odundo v Director of Public Prosecution

Odundo v Director of Public Prosecution [2025] KEHC 10522 (KLR)

The High Court declined to interfere with a trial court order cancelling bond, finding no basis to reinstate bond or cash bail, but directed priority hearing within 45 days.

  • Bond-cancellation
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Revisionary-jurisdiction
  • Supervisory-powers
  • Review-of-lower-court-decisions
  • Criminal-revision
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Criminal-law [2025] KEHC 9076 (KLR)

Gichuhi v Republic

Gichuhi v Republic [2025] KEHC 9076 (KLR)

The High Court declined to revise a trial court order refusing the prosecution leave to adduce new evidence, finding no manifest irregularity or impropriety.

  • Revisionary-jurisdiction
  • Adducing-fresh-evidence
  • Supervisory-powers
  • Trial-procedure
  • Criminal-revision
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Criminal-law [2025] KEHC 8833 (KLR)

Republic v Agandi

Republic v Agandi [2025] KEHC 8833 (KLR)

The High Court at Kisumu dismissed a revision application, finding no illegality in the trial court’s decision to expunge prosecution documents served late.

  • Revision-jurisdiction
  • Supervisory-powers
  • Fair-trial-rights
  • Late-service-of-documents
  • Criminal-disclosure
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Criminal-law [2025] KEHC 5164 (KLR)

Tarbei v Republic

Tarbei v Republic [2025] KEHC 5164 (KLR)

The High Court at Kibera dismissed an omnibus criminal revision seeking consolidation of several cases and unified bail terms, directing separate applications for each case.

  • Bail-and-bond-terms
  • Revision-jurisdiction
  • Case-consolidation
  • Supervisory-powers
  • Presumption-of-innocence
  • Criminal-revision
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Land-and-property [2025] KEELC 3667 (KLR)

Kibii (Suing as the Legal Representative of the Estate of the Late Kibii Boiyo) v Agricultural Developent Corporation & others; Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission & another (Interested Parties)

Kibii (Suing as the Legal Representative of the Estate of the Late Kibii Boiyo) v Agricultural Developent Corporation & others; Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission & another (Interested Parties) [2025] KEELC 3667 (KLR)

The Environment and Land Court at Kitale dismissed a motion seeking to bar EACC investigations and possible prosecution over disputed land, holding it lacked jurisdiction.

  • Jurisdiction-of-environment-and-land-court
  • Supervisory-powers
  • Concurrent-civil-and-criminal-proceedings
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Constitutional-rights
  • Investigation-of-land-ownership
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Criminal-law [2025] KEHC 5226 (KLR)

SKK v Republic

SKK v Republic [2025] KEHC 5226 (KLR)

The High Court struck out a criminal revision application, holding it lacked jurisdiction to reopen or review a matter already determined by the Court of Appeal.

  • Jurisdiction-of-high-court
  • Supervisory-powers
  • Criminal-revision
  • Appeal-process
  • Insanity-verdicts
  • High-court-jurisdiction
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Criminal-law [2025] KEHC 5470 (KLR)

Makau v Republic

Makau v Republic [2025] KEHC 5470 (KLR)

The High Court at Machakos dismissed an application to revise a 30-year murder sentence, holding it lacked jurisdiction over a sentence imposed by a court of concurrent jurisdiction.

  • Revision-jurisdiction
  • Functus-officio
  • Sentence-review
  • Supervisory-powers
  • Power-of-mercy
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal-law [2025] KEHC 4461 (KLR)

Sulubu v Republic

Sulubu v Republic [2025] KEHC 4461 (KLR)

The High Court struck out an application to review a murder sentence, holding it lacked jurisdiction to reopen its own sentence and that appeal was the proper remedy.

  • Jurisdiction-of-high-court
  • Sentence-review
  • Supervisory-powers
  • Appeal-process
  • Criminal-jurisdiction
  • High-court-supervisory-jurisdiction
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Criminal-law [2025] KEHC 2734 (KLR)

Kimathi v Republic

Kimathi v Republic [2025] KEHC 2734 (KLR)

The High Court set aside a conviction entered on a guilty plea, finding the plea was not unequivocal and the recording process was defective. No retrial was ordered.

  • Plea-taking-procedure
  • Unequivocal-plea
  • Revisionary-jurisdiction
  • Supervisory-powers
  • Conviction-and-sentence
  • Retrial-principles
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