REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT MACHAKOS CRIMINAL CASE NO. 66 OF 2008 REPUBLIC VERSUS JOSEPH MUSYOKA KITHEKA ……………….……………... ACCUSED SENTENCE I have considered the mitigation and the Probation Officer’s Report. I have also considered the precedents from the Court of Appeal on sentencing in murder cases (for example Joseph Njuguna Mwaura & 2 Others –vs- Republic 2014 e KLR; and Dickens Odari Bige & Another –vs- Republic 2014 e KLR). The sentence for murder is a mandatory death sentence. The accused is hereby sentenced to death as provided by the law. ……………………………………… B. THURANIRA JADEN JUDGE Dated and delivered at Machakos this 27th day of November 2014. ……………………………………… B. THURANIRA JADEN JUDGE
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