REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT ELDORET CORAM: D.S. MAJANJA J. CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 33 OF 2018 BETWEEN AYUB KIMANI ...................................................................APPELLANT AN.D REPUBLIC ....................................................................... RESPONDENT (Being an appeal from the original conviction and sentence of Hon. H. Barasa, PM dated 17 th May 2018 at Eldoret Magistrate’s Court in Criminal Case No. 522 of 2017) JUDGMENT 1. At the hearing of this appeal, the appellant, AYUB KIMANI, who had been convicted of the offence of robbery with violence contrary to section 296(2) of the Penal Code (Chapter 63 of the Laws of Kenya) conceded that he was only contesting the sentence of death imposed on him. The particulars of the charge were that on 5 th February, 2017 at Califonia Estate, with in Uasin Gishu County, jointly with others not before the Court while armed with offensive weapons namely pangas, somali swords, arrow and bows, he robbed LEAH CHEPCHIRCHIR CHUMBA and HILLARY KIPKOGEI TANUI of assorted items and immediately before the time of such robbery, threatened to use actual violence on them. 2. I have considered the circumstances of the offences noting that the mandatory death sentence was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Francis Karioko Muruatetu & Another v Republic SCK Pet. No. 15 OF 2015 [2017] eKLR. The same principle was applied to the offence of robbery with violence under section 296(2) of the Penal Code by the Court of Appeal in William Okungu Kittiny v Republic KSM CA Criminal Appeal No. 56 of 2013 [2018] eKLR. 3. I allow the appeal to the extent of the sentence which I now substitute and sentence the appellant to ten (10) years imprisonment on each count to run concurrently. DATED and DELIVERED at ELDORET this 23rd day of April 2019. D.S. MAJANJA JUDGE Appellant in person. Ms Mumu, Prosecution Counsel, instructed by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions for the respondent.
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