Okeyo v Republic (Criminal Revision E195 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 16576 (KLR) (2 December 2024) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 16576 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KISUMU CRIMINAL REVISION E195 OF 2024 RE ABURILI, J DECEMBER 2, 2024 BETWEEN KENNEDY OCHIENG OKEYO ............................................................. APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (From the original conviction and sentence in Maseno Senior Principal Magistrate Criminal Case No. E153 of 2024) RULING 1. This matter is related to Criminal Revision No. E200 of 2024. 2. On May 30, 2024 the offender Kennedy Ochieng Okeyo was sentenced to serve 1 year imprisonment for the offence of burglary and stealing. The presentence and sentence Review reports recommended non custodial sentence. He admitted the offence. 3. In the spirit of prison decongestion, as the offender has served 6 months of the 1 year term imposed, I hereby order that the convict, a 20 year old lad, Kennedy Ochieng Okeyo shall be released from prison unless otherwise lawfully held, and warned not to reoffend or to be returned to prison to complete the term which hereby suspended for 6 months. 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/2024/16576/eng@2024-12-02 1
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