REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT BUNGOMA CRIMINAL APPLICATION NUMBER E017 OF 2026 EMMANUEL JAMES JUMA …………………………………..... APPLICANT VERSUS REPUBLIC………………………………………................…. RESPONDENT RULING 1. The Applicant herein moved this Court by way of undated Notice of Motion wherein prays to Court that as provided under Section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Court considers and factors into his sentence the period that he spent in remand custody during the trial. 2. In the Affidavit is support of the Application, he states that he was charged with the offence of Having Suspected Stolen Property Contrary to Section 323 of the Penal Code, convicted and sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment in Criminal Case No. E879 of 2025. He states that he has no issue with the conviction and the sentence save for his prayer under Section 333(2) aforementioned. 3. Counsel for the State in his oral representations stated that he has no objection to the period that the Applicant spent in remand be factored into the Applicant’s 3 year’ sentence as he has prayed. I have considered the Applicant’s Application. I have taken into consideration the fact that the provision under which the application has been made is a mandatory provision and in this regard, the Application has merit. 1|Page BUNGOMA HCCRMISC. NUMBER E017 OF 2026
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4. I have perused the record of the proceedings of sentencing. It shows that the remand period was not factored into the sentence of 3 years’ imprisonment that the trial court imposed. The record shows that the Applicant was charged on 18th July 2025 and remanded in custody until 14th January 2026 when he was sentenced and the sentence to run from 3rd November, 2025. 5. This brings the period that the Applicant spent in custody to 3 Months and 15 days. I therefore allow the Applicant’s Application and direct the period of 3 Months and 15 days that the applicant spent in remand custody be factored into his sentence of 3 years’ imprisonment. 6. Right of Appeal 14 days Read dated and Signed at BUNGOMA on 23rd July 2026. E. OMINDE JUDGE 2|Page BUNGOMA HCCRMISC. NUMBER E017 OF 2026
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