REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KAKAMEGA HIGH COURT CRIMINAL REVISION NO.185 OF 2017 REPUBLIC..........................................PROSECUTOR VERSUS 1. GREGORY BARIDI 2. S L...........................................................ACCUSED RULING 1. S L, aged 17th years, was convicted of a charge of burglary and stealing contrary to section 304(2) and 279(b) of the Penal Code. The trial court ordered that he be committed to Shikusa Borstal Institution for a period of 1 year. The mandatory period for committal to a borstal institution in accordance with section 6(1) of the Borstal Institutions Act is 3 years. It is on that basis that this file has been placed before me to correct the error made by the trial court in committing the offender to a borstal institution for a period of one year. 2. Indeed the mandatory period that a court can commit an offender to a borstal institution is 3 years. The order to commit the offender herein to Shikusa Borstal Institution for a period of one year is hereby set aside and replaced with a period of three years. The offender then to be committed to Shikusa Borstal Institution for a period of 3 years. Orders accordingly. Delivered, dated and sighed at Kakamega this 18th day of July, 2017. J. NJAGI JUDGE
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