REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NANYUKI CRIMINAL REVISION NO.18 OF 2020 FRANCIS KINYUA WANJIRU………………..……….......…….APPLICANT VERSUS REPUBLIC …………………………..………………………….RESPONDENT (Revision of the Original Sentence dated 19.11.2019 in Nanyuki Criminal Case No.487 of 2019 – L. Mutai, CM) 23/03/2020 Before Justice H P G Waweru In Chambers ORDER ON REVISION 1. On 19.11.2019 the convict herein, FRANCIS KINYUA WANJIRU, was sentenced to serve 12 months imprisonment for the offence of Stealing contrary to Section 268 and 275 of the Penal Code. 2. Because of the Coronavirus (COVID -19) crisis currently facing our country, and in exercise of this court’s powers under Article 159(2) of the Constitution and Section 362 and 364 of the Criminal Procedure Code, I hereby set aside the said sentence and substitute therefor the time already served. 3. The convict shall therefore be set at liberty forthwith unless otherwise lawfully held. It is so ordered. DATED AT NANYUKI THIS 23RD DAY OF MARCH, 2020 H.P.G. WAWERU JUDGE. DEPUTY REGISTRAR NANYUKI HIGH COURT
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