John Alex Otieno Onyango v Republic

Onyango v Republic (Criminal Revision E125 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 18699 (KLR) (18 December 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 18699 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KIBERA CRIMINAL REVISION E125 OF 2025 DR KAVEDZA, J DECEMBER 18, 2025 BETWEEN JOHN ALEX OTIENO ONYANGO ....................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT RULING 1. The applicant was charged and after a full trial convicted on two counts for the offence of traficking in narcotic drugs contrary to section 4(a) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, No. 4 of 1994. He was sentenced to serve eight (8) years imprisonment on each count to run concurrently. 2. He has filed the present application undated received on 14th November 2025 seeking revision of sentence. The grounds raised are that the court failed to consider the time spent in remand custody. 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 I find no good cause or reason to revise the sentence imposed by the trial court. The application dismissed. Orders accordingly. RULING DATED AND DELIVERED VIRTUALLY THIS 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2025 ..................................... D. KAVEDZA https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/18699/eng@2025-12-18 1

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