REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KAKAMEGA CORAM: E. K. O. OGOLA, J. CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 33 OF 2018 MICHEAL MUSUNGU ............................................ 1 ST APPELLANT ALEX NAVULU........................................................... 2 ND APPELLANT JOSEPH INDAMBO .................................................. 3 RD APPELLANT ALFRED JUMA............................................................. 4 TH APPELLANT IA .................................................................................. 5 TH APPELLANT VERSUS REPUBLIC .......................................................................... RESPONDENT RULING 1. Judgment will be delivered on 25th October, 2019 in the cases of the 1st to 4th appellants. 2. As for the 5th appellant IA, he was a minor aged 16 at the time of the offence and was jailed at the pleasure of the President under Section 25 (2) of the Penal Code. That Section has since been declared unconstitutional, and courts have proceeded to sentence all minors sentenced under that Section. In view of the submissions by Mr. Ongige the Prosecutor herein that the time already spent by the 5 th appellant be deemed adequate punishment, this court agrees and herewith sentences the 5 th appellant to a period equivalent to the term already served, with the result that the 5th appellant IA is herewith forthwith released from Prison unless validly held. Delivered, dated and signed in open court at Kakamega this 10th day of September, 2019. E. K. O. OGOLA JUDGE In the presence of: State Counsel – Mr. Ongige Appellant Court Assistant – Mr. Erick
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