Eric Machayo Adede v Republic

Adede v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E130 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 11212 (KLR) (29 July 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 11212 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KIBERA MISCELLANEOUS CRIMINAL APPLICATION E130 OF 2025 DR KAVEDZA, J JULY 29, 2025 BETWEEN ERIC MACHAYO ADEDE ...................................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT RULING 1. The applicant was charged and after a full trial convicted on five counts of robbery with violence contrary to section 296(2) of the Penal Code. He was sentenced to serve twenty (20) years imprisonment on each count. 2. He filed the present undated application seeking sentence review. The grounds raised are that the sentence served is sufficient rehabilitation. He urged the court to release him. 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 of the foregoing, I find no good cause or reason to revise the sentence imposed by the trial court. The application dismissed for lacking in merit. Orders accordingly. RULING DATED AND DELIVERED VIRTUALLY THIS 29TH DAY OF JULY 2025 ____________ D. KAVEDZA JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/11212/eng@2025-07-29 1