Aola v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E117 of 2025) [2026] KEHC 11480 (KLR) (27 July 2026) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2026] KEHC 11480 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT HOMA BAY MISCELLANEOUS CRIMINAL APPLICATION E117 OF 2025 PJO OTIENO, J JULY 27, 2026 BETWEEN JACOB ODONGO AOLA ........................................................................ APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (Arising from the conviction and sentence in Homa Bay CMCCR case (SOA) No. E023 of 2022) RULING 1. Before the Court is the Applicant's undated Notice of Motion seeking to be accorded the statutory benefit conferred under Section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) by having the period spent in custody prior to the imposition of sentence taken into account in computing his sentence. 2. The application arises from the Applicant's conviction by the trial court. He was charged with the ofience of incest contrary to Section 20(1) of the Sexual Offences Act, No. 3 of 2006.there was a second count on the ofience of assault causing actual bodily harm which also ended in a conviction. 3. Upon conclusion of the trial, and conviction, he was sentenced to serve twenty (20) years' imprisonment for count one and four years for count two. 4. He was aggrieved by both the conviction and the sentence, thus preferred an appeal before the High Court at Homa bay in Criminal Appeal No. E059 of 2023. The appeal was heard and dismissed on both the conviction and the sentence. The court however noted that the applicant had not been given the statutory benefit conferred by section 333(2) and ordered that his term of imprisonment be computed from the date of his arrest, 13.06.2022. 5. That is the same prayer the applicant asks the court to give him a second time. The court views the application to constitute an outright abuse of the court process. Being abusive of the process, the same https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2026/11480/eng@2026-07-27 1
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is dismissed and an order made that the question of when the computation of the sentence commences has been finally determined and ought not be relitigated. 6. For the sake of the dignity of the court process it is ordered that the applicant shall not again raise that question unless with the leave of the court first sought and obtained. 7. It is so ordered. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT LODWAR THIS 27TH DAY OF JULY 2026 PATRICK J O OTIENO JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2026/11480/eng@2026-07-27 2
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