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Austine Hamisi v Republic & 1 other

Hamisi v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E080 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 19497 (KLR) (29 October 2025) (Order) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 19497 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT HOMA BAY MISCELLANEOUS CRIMINAL APPLICATION E080 OF 2025 PJO OTIENO, J OCTOBER 29, 2025 BETWEEN AUSTINE HAMISI ................................................................................... APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT ORDER Court: 1. The record reveals that the applicant was in custody between 27/3/2018 and 6/6/2018, a period of 71 days. He was again put in custody between 20/5/2019 and 13/8/2019 when he was convicted and sentenced, a period of 85 days. 2. In compliance with the dictates of section 333(2) CPC, the applicant is entitled to have his jail term reduced by a period of 156 days. 3. The court thus directs that in computing the period the applicant is to serve in prison custody, the period of 156 be applied to proportionately reduce the sentence. It is so ordered. Let the court file be closed. PATRICK J O OTIENO JUDGE 29/10/2025 https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/19497/eng@2025-10-29 1

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