Rotich alias Okuro v Republic (Criminal Revision E247 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 16534 (KLR) (2 December 2024) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 16534 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KISUMU CRIMINAL REVISION E247 OF 2024 RE ABURILI, J DECEMBER 2, 2024 BETWEEN GIDEON ROTICH ALIAS OKURO ...................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (From the original conviction and sentence in Tamu Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court Criminal Case No. E083 of 2024) RULING 1. On 14th March 2024, the convict Gideon Rotich alias Okuro was sentenced to serve 2 years’ imprisonment for the ofience of escape from lawful custody. 2. It is not clear if the main ofience for which he was held in lawful custody, he was charged of or if he was convicted and sentenced to a term. 3. In the circumstances, I am unable to exercise discretion to make any orders on prison decongestion until a full report on the main ofience is availed in court. 4. 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/2024/16534/eng@2024-12-02 1
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