Nelly Nafula Wekesa & 1 other v Republic

Wekesa & another v Republic (Criminal Revision E128 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 10623 (KLR) (10 September 2024) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 10623 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KISUMU CRIMINAL REVISION E128 OF 2024 RE ABURILI, J SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 BETWEEN NELLY NAFULA WEKESA .............................................................. 1ST APPLICANT JULYNE NEKESA WANJALA .......................................................... 2ND APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (From the original conviction and sentence in Nyando Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court Criminal Case No. E052 of 2023) RULING 1. The convict vide Nyando SPM Criminal Case No. E052 of 2023 are Nelly Nafula Wekesa and Julyne Nekesa Wanjala. 2. They were both househelps who were convicted and sentenced to serve two (2) years imprisonment each for the ofience of housebreaking and stealing. 3. They did not admit the charge. The property stolen included large sums of money. This was never recovered. 4. I find no reason to interfere with the lenient lawful sentence imposed. 5. The convicts need prison rehabilitation. They have been in prison for only 3 months. They showed no remorse even in their mitigation. They denied committing the ofience even after being found in possession of some of the stolen properties. 6. I decline to revise the sentence. 7. This file is closed. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2024/10623/eng@2024-09-10 1

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