Juma v Republic (Criminal Revision 74 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 17005 (KLR) (18 November 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 17005 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KIBERA CRIMINAL REVISION 74 OF 2025 DR KAVEDZA, J NOVEMBER 18, 2025 BETWEEN KENNEDY OTIENO JUMA ................................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT RULING 1. The applicant was charged and after a full trial convicted for the ofience of robbery with violence contrary to section 296(2) of the Penal Code. He was sentenced to death by the trial court. The sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. 2. Aggrieved by the sentence, the appellant’s appeal against conviction and sentence was upheld by Ngenye J on 17th August 2016. The applicant further appealed to the Court of Appeal in Criminal Appeal No. 132 of 2018 which was subsequently dismissed. 3. What the applicant is seeking therefore, is for this court to review the decision of the Court of Appeal. This court is bereft of any such jurisdiction to review the said decision, as doing so, would be tantamount to sitting as an appellate court on the decision of a court of higher status (Court of Appeal). 4. In my view I find no good cause or reason to revise the sentence imposed by the trial court. The application dismissed. RULING DATED AND DELIVERED VIRTUALLY THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2025 ______________ D. KAVEDZA JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/17005/eng@2025-11-18 1
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