Oulu v Republic (Criminal Revision E182 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 16528 (KLR) (2 December 2024) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 16528 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KISUMU CRIMINAL REVISION E182 OF 2024 RE ABURILI, J DECEMBER 2, 2024 BETWEEN ELIJAH OULU .......................................................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (From the original conviction and sentence in Maseno Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court Criminal Case No. E353 of 2022) RULING 1. On 30th May 2024, the convict Elijah Oulu was fined Kshs.30,000 in default to serve 6 months imprisonment for the ofience of stealing 5 rolls of wire mesh valued at Kshs.30,000. He had denied the ofience. 2. The presentence report pointed him as a habitual thief in the community which was tired of his antisocial behaviour. He was given a lenient sentence and by 30th November 2024, which is a few days ago, he must have completed his sentence. 3. The prison decongestion exercise would have given him a chance to be released. 4. As the request is overtaken by events of completion of sentence imposed, this file is closed. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 2ND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024 R. E. ABURILI JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2024/16528/eng@2024-12-02 1
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