REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NANYUKI CRIMINAL REVISION NO.72 OF 2020 VERONICA MBIYA ZAKAYAO.........................................APPLICANT VERSUS REPUBLIC........................................................................RESPONDENT (Revision of the Original Sentence dated 16.08.2019 in Nanyuki Criminal Case No.1003 of 2019) 07.04.2020 Before Justice H P G Waweru In Chambers ORDER ON REVISION 1. I have examined the trial court record. 2. The convict herein, VERONICA MBIYA ZAKAYO was on 16.08.2019 sentenced to 1 year imprisonment on 4 counts (concurrent) for the offences of Obtaining money by false pretences contrary to Section 313 of the Penal Code. 3. Because of the current Coronavirus (COVID – 19) crisis in our country, and in an effort to de-congest the prisons, and in exercise of the powers of the Court under Article 159(2) of the Constitution and Sections 362 & 364 of the Criminal Procedure Code, I hereby set aside the sentences and substitute therefore the time already served(concurrent). 4. The convict shall therefore be set at liberty forthwith unless otherwise lawfully held. 5 It is so ordered. DATED AT NANYUKI THIS 7TH DAY OF APRIL, 2020 H.P.G. WAWERU JUDGE DEPUTY REGISTRAR NANYUKI HIGH COURT
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