Republic v Omonya (Criminal Case E006 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 11714 (KLR) (31 July 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 11714 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT BUSIA CRIMINAL CASE E006 OF 2024 WM MUSYOKA, J JULY 31, 2025 BETWEEN REPUBLIC ........................................................................................... PROSECUTION AND JIM IDEIT OMONYA .................................................................................. ACCUSED RULING 1. I heard and saw all the witnesses who testified in this matter. 2. I have also gone through the notes that I took as the witnesses testified. 3. I am satisfied, from the record, that the prosecution placed the accused at the scene of the killing of the deceased, in circumstances which establish that there is a case for him to answer. I accordingly put him on his defence. 4. The defence shall happen on 9th October 2025. DELIVERED, DATED AND SIGNED IN OPEN COURT, AT BUSIA, ON THIS 31ST DAY OF JULY 2025. WM MUSYOKA JUDGE Mr. Arthur Etyang, Court Assistant. Advocates Mr. Antony Onanda, instructed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, for the Republic. Ms. Waswani, Advocate for the accused. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/11714/eng@2025-07-31 1
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