REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH OF KENYA AT KERICHO CRIMINAL CASE NO. 9 OF 2013 REPUBLIC..........................................PROSECUTION VERSUS KENNETH KIPSANG CHERUIYOT.............ACCUSED RULING ON SENTENCE The accused was convicted of the offence of manslaughter after a plea bargaining arrangement. Upon conviction, this court called for a social inquiry report before filed. sentence and the same has been The administration's report is that, the accused is problematic as it had received many complaints against him though they managed to settle them at community level. They do not recommend a noncustodial sentence. The deceased's family is also negative about the accused person being released and recommends a custodial sentence for him. I have considered that the accused person has been in custody for almost three (3) years. I therefore sentence him to four (4) years imprisonment. Delivered, Signed and Dated at Kericho this 9th day of February, 2016. …...................... H. I. ONG'UDI JUDGE In the presence of: M/s Keli for State, accused person and Hillary/Cheruyoit as Court Assistants. …...................... H. I. ONG'UDI JUDGE
A note on accuracy. These pages are generated automatically from our AI-written case briefs and have not been checked by a lawyer. Case titles and citations come from Kenya Law; the counts, topics, propositions and “treatment” labels are derived from the briefs and can be incomplete or wrong. Use them as a research aid and always read the original judgment before relying on anything here. This is not legal advice.