REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KITALE PETITION NO. 9 OF 2019 BERNARD KIPKORIR CHERUIYOT.....APPLICANT VERSES REPUBLIC............................................RESPONDENT RULING 1. In his home-grown Petition, the Applicant who was convicted of the offence of robbery with violence and sentence to suffer death which was later commuted to life imprisonment in Appeal No. 88,8 9, and 90 of 2010 at Kitale seeks to benefit from the decision of the Supreme Court of Kenya in the now famous Muruateteu case. He prays he be sentenced afresh as per the mitigating circumstances. 2. There is no compelling reasons to allow this application as the evidence on record and in particular the judgement of this court dated 7 th August 2019 was rendered post Muruatetu and this court was alive to the same. 3. Having read the application and the letter dated 14 th October 2020 from the Officer in charge Kitale Main Prison, which is not favourable to the Petitioner, the court does not for now finds merit in the Petition. 4. There must be however a determined period the Applicant must be in custody. Taking however the gravity of this matter the Applicant is hereby sentence the Applicant is hereby sentenced to 15 years from the date herein. Dated, Signed and Delivered at Kitale this 28th day of October 2020. ___________________ H. K. CHEMITEI JUDGE 28/10/2020 In the presence of;Mr Omooria for Respondent Applicant – present Court Assistant – Kirong Ruling read in open court
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