Mwanjewe v Republic (Criminal Revision E097 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 8871 (KLR) (24 January 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 8871 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT VOI CRIMINAL REVISION E097 OF 2024 AN ONGERI, J JANUARY 24, 2025 BETWEEN MAGHANGA MWAZO MWANJEWE .................................................. APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT RULING 1. The Applicant herein Maghanga Mwazo Mwanjewe filed this revision application seeking review of the sentence of life imprisonment. 2. The Applicant was charged before the SPM at Voi Law Courts with 2 counts of robbery with violence contrary to Section 296(2) of the Penal Code. 3. He was sentenced to death. 4. He appealed to the High Court at Voi and the appeal was dismissed and both the conviction and sentence upheld. 5. The Applicant appealed to the Court of Appeal (COA) and the second appeal was also dismissed on 9th February, 2024. 6. The sentence was commutted to life imprisonment by the President. 7. The Applicant has now applied to this court for review of his sentence. 8. He stated in his application that he wants the period he spent in custody computed in the sentence. 9. I have considered the Court of Appeal judgment and I find that the issue of the sentence meted against the Applicant was exhaustively dealt with. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/8871/eng@2025-01-24 1
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10. This court has no jurisdiction to review the sentence of the Court of Appeal delivered on 9th February, 2024. 11. I find that the revision application lacks in merit and the same is accordingly dismissed. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED THIS 24TH DAY OF JANUARY 2025 VIRTUALLY AND IN OPEN COURT AT VOI. ASENATH ONGERI JUDGE In the presence of:Court Assistant: Maina The Applicant https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/8871/eng@2025-01-24 2
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