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Arogo v Republic
Court of AppealBrief[2025] KECA 2268 (KLR)2025-12-19Affirmed below…of GK V. Republic [2021] KECA 232 (KLR) where this Court declared mandatory minimum custodial sentences under SOA to be…
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Kirui v Republic
Court of AppealBrief[2025] KECA 2274 (KLR)2025-12-19Varied below…8(3) of the SOA. She relied on the Supreme Court decision in Republic v Joshua Gichuki Mwangi; Initiative for…
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Shadrack Mwita Rukita v Republic
High CourtOriginal[2024] KEHC 11973 (KLR)2024-10-03…97 of 2021 Edwin Wechira and 9 others v Republic where the court held that the mandatory nature of life…
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Ezekiel Oramat Sonkoyo v Republic
High CourtBrief[2019] KEHC 4032 (KLR)2019-09-27…the mandatory minimum sentences under the SOA were unconstitutional (see Christopher Ochieng v Republic KSM CA Criminal Appeal No. 202…
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Anindo v Land Administration Office Homa Bay & 3 others (Petition E003 of 2023) [2024] KEELC 171 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2024] KEELC 171 (KLR)2024-01-24Affirmed below…see Anarita Karimi Njeru v The Republic (1976-1980) KLR 1272 and Mumo Matemu v Trusted society of Human Rights…
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MOO v Republic (Criminal Appeal 335 of 2019) [2025] KECA 1444 (KLR)
Court of AppealBrief[2025] KECA 1444 (KLR)2025-07-31Affirmed below…Republic [1984] KLR 611 and Nhoro v. Republic [1998] KLR for the proposition. 11. The appellant further submitted that the…
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Joseph Muriuki Mbaya v Director of Public Prosecutions
High CourtOriginal[2024] KEHC 6161 (KLR)2024-05-23…He placed reliance on Joan Chebichii Sawe vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 2 of 2002); [2003] eKLR where the Court…
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Yusuf Kazungu Ngala v Republic
High CourtOriginal[2025] KEHC 17695 (KLR)…See Okeno v. Republic [1972] EA 32. 4. The Respondent filed submissions dated 20.2.24 and submitted that against…
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P (Not His Real Name) v Republic (Criminal Appeal 106 of 2019) [2021] KECA 357 (KLR)
Court of AppealBrief[2021] KECA 357 (KLR)2021-12-17Affirmed below…vs Republic [2018] eKLR, where this Court 2 held, inter alia, that the provisions of section 8 of the SOA…
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Oloo v Republic (Criminal Appeal 112 of 2016) [2025] KECA 1404 (KLR)
Court of AppealBrief[2025] KECA 1404 (KLR)2025-07-31Affirmed below…The Supreme Court in Republic v Mwangi; Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa [ISLA] [supra] reaffirmed the validity of mandatory…
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Tom Osiri Esiketi v Republic
Court of AppealOriginal[2025] KECA 825 (KLR)2025-05-09…interfering with mandatory minimum sentences set out in SOA. In Republic v Mwangi; Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA…
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Joshua Gichuki Mwangi v Republic
Court of AppealBrief[2022] KECA 1106 (KLR)2022-10-07Varied below…It was urged that Francis Karioko Muruatetu & another v Republic [2017] eKLR (Muruatetu 1) was applicable to the SOA since…
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Maganga v Republic (Criminal Appeal E059 of 2021) [2026] KECA 305 (KLR)
Court of AppealBrief[2026] KECA 305 (KLR)2026-02-13Varied below…the SOA. To buttress this argument, counsel relied on the decision of the Apex Court in Republic vs Mwangi, Initiative…
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Shaban Karisa Wanje v Republic
High CourtOriginal[2025] KEHC 16971 (KLR)…See Okeno v. Republic [1972] EA 32. 5. It is trite that the age of a victim of the ofience…
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Mwalimu Karisa Chanzera v Republic
High CourtBrief[2017] KEHC 3337 (KLR)2017-09-28Affirmed below…Section 31(4) of the SOA. The Court of Appeal in M. M. v Republic [2014] eKLR held that: “The…
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Denis Kinyua Njeru v Republic [2017] KECA 424 (KLR)
Court of AppealBrief[2017] KECA 424 (KLR)2017-06-07Affirmed below…BMN Versus Republic (supra) both of which related to convictions founded on section 20(1) of the SOA, the words…
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Bernard Gitonga Kimbo v Republic
High CourtBrief[2014] KEHC 2252 (KLR)2014-10-16Set aside in part…In FetehaliManji v. Republic 1966 EA 343 the East Africa Court of Appeal said. In general, a retrial will be…
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Lilian Wambui Njogu v Peter Njogu Maina & 1 other
High CourtOriginal[2024] KEHC 1999 (KLR)2024-02-28…He attached a copy of directions of the court of appeal as SOA5 in support. 26. In my view, from…
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Odonyi v Republic (Criminal Appeal 296 of 2019) [2025] KECA 1876 (KLR)
Court of AppealBrief[2025] KECA 1876 (KLR)2025-11-07Affirmed below…Republic v Gichuki Mwangi & Others (supra), the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the sentencing framework under SOA and…
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Asiago v Republic (Criminal Appeal 140 of 2020) [2026] KECA 773 (KLR)
Court of AppealBrief[2026] KECA 773 (KLR)2026-04-24Affirmed below…In light of the evidence, and the holding in AML v Republic (supra) and Geoffrey Kionji vs Republic (supra), we…