Maina v Republic (Criminal Revision E069 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 8460 (KLR) (17 June 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 8460 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KIBERA CRIMINAL REVISION E069 OF 2025 DR KAVEDZA, J JUNE 17, 2025 BETWEEN JOSEPH MWANGI MAINA .................................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (Being an application for sentence review against the sentence imposed by Kibera Chief Magistrate’s Court Criminal Case No. E1376 of 2023 delivered on 23rd September 2024) RULING 1. The applicant filed the present undated application received on 15th May 2025 seeking sentence review. 2. Directions were issued and the application set down for hearing on 17th June 2025. On the said date, when the matter came up for hearing, neither the applicant nor their advocate was present to prosecute their application. 3. In the premises, the application is dismissed for want of prosecution. Orders accordingly. RULING DATED AND DELIVERED VIRTUALLY THIS 17TH DAY OF JUNE 2025 ................................ D. KAVEDZA JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/8460/eng@2025-06-17 1
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