REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT GARSEN HIGH COURT CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO.E048 OF 2026 FARAJI OMAR BAKARI…….………………….………. APPLICANT VERSUS ODPP………..……………………..…………..……. …….RESPONDENT RULING 1. The Applicant has filled an undated application seeking for review of the sentence of 3 years imprisonment that was imposed on him for possession of wildlife trophies, to wit, 4 pieces of elephant tusks. 2. The grounds in support of the application are that the applicant was a first offender at the time of sentence. That he has undergone rehabilitation and is fully reformed. That he was in college before he was sentenced. 3. I have considered the application. The applicant was charged with a serious offence of possession of elephant tusks. The offence carries a sentence of not less than 5 years imprisonment. The applicant was sentenced to a lenient sentence of 3 years. 4. I do not see any merit in the application and same is dismissed. HCCR.REV.CASE.NO.E048/2026 RULING 1|Page
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Ruling delivered, dated and signed at GARSEN this 21 st July 2026. J.N.NJAGI JUDGE In the presence of: Ms. Mkongo for Respondent Applicant – present virtually Court Assistant – Jumaa HCCR.REV.CASE.NO.E048/2026 RULING 2|Page
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