Clinton Chiteswa v Republic

Chiteswa v Republic (Criminal Revision E056 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 7977 (KLR) (9 June 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 7977 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KIBERA CRIMINAL REVISION E056 OF 2025 DR KAVEDZA, J JUNE 9, 2025 BETWEEN CLINTON CHITESWA ........................................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT RULING 1. The applicant was charged and convicted for the offence of breaking into a building and committing a felony contrary to section 306(a) of the Penal Code. He was sentenced to serve three (3) years imprisonment. 2. He has filed the present undated application filed on 6th May 2025 seeking revision of sentence. The grounds raised are that he is remorseful for the offence committed. He has undergone rehabilitation. He urged the court to revise the sentence of the trial court to a non-custodial sentence. 3. I have considered the application, the grounds in support and the applicable law. From the record of the trial court, the court considered the applicant’s mitigation, the time spent in remand custody and the fact that the applicant was a first offender before sentencing. Having considered the application in its totality. The sentence imposed was also legal in the circumstances of the case. 4. In my view I find no good cause or reason to revise the sentence imposed by the trial court. The application dismissed. Orders accordingly. RULING DATED AND DELIVERED VIRTUALLY THIS 9TH DAY OF JUNE 2025 ........................... D. KAVEDZA https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/7977/eng@2025-06-09 1

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