Ouma v Republic (Criminal Revision E177 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 16557 (KLR) (2 December 2024) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 16557 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KISUMU CRIMINAL REVISION E177 OF 2024 RE ABURILI, J DECEMBER 2, 2024 BETWEEN VICTOR OUMA ....................................................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (From the original conviction and sentence in Tamu Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court Criminal Case No. E285 of 2023) RULING 1. On 17th October 2023 the convict Victor Ouma was sentenced to serve 2 years’ imprisonment on two counts of breaking into a building and stealing. He pleaded guilty and was remorseful. 2. According to the presentence report filed in the lower court, he is said to be a known petty offender habitually, from the community’s comments. He has already served 1 year and one month. 3. In the spirit of prison decongestion, I hereby order the convict conditionally discharged and released from prison unless otherwise lawfully held and warned not to reoffend. 4. Signal to issue. File 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/2024/16557/eng@2024-12-02 1
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