Case ID:181507

Republic v Martin Musiega [2021] eKLR

Case Metadata

Case Number:

Criminal Case 7 of 2018

Parties:

Republic v Martin Musiega

Date Delivered:

17 Sep 2021

Case Class:

Criminal

Court:

High Court at Kakamega

Case Action:

Ruling

Judge(s):

William Musya Musyoka

Citation:

Republic v Martin Musiega [2021] eKLR

Court Division:

Criminal

County:

Kakamega

Case Outcome:

Accused person found guilty

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REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA

AT KAKAMEGA

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 7 OF 2018

REPUBLIC.....................

.............................................................

PROSECUTIONS

VERSUS

MARTIN MUSIEGA

..............................................................................ACCUSED

RULING

1. On 13

th

May 2021, the prosecution closed its case. The defence indicated that it would not submit at that stage, and invited the court to rule on a no case to answer based on the material on record. To that end I have gone through the record to assess whether or not the prosecution has established a

prima facie

case, sufficient to have accused person put on his defence.

2. I have gotten guidance from

Ramanlal Trambaklal

Bhatt vs. R

(1957) EA 332 (Sir Newham Worley P, Sir Ronald Sinclair VP and Bacon JA), where the court described a

prima facie

case as one in which a reasonable court, properly directing its mind to the law and the evidence, could convict, if no explanation was offered by the defence. See also

Director of Public Prosecutions vs. Geoffrey Mukonza Mwangangi

[2018] eKLR (Ngenye-Macharia J), and

Frankline Muthoka Mumo vs. Republic

[2019] eKLR (Odunga J).

3. I have read through the testimonies of PW1, PW2, PW3, PW4, PW5, PW6 and PW7, and I am persuaded that the prosecution has adduced evidence which establishes a

prima facie

case against the accused person, and I hereby find that the accused has a case to answer, and I shall, accordingly, be put him on his defence.

DELIVERED, DATED AND SIGNED IN OPEN COURT AT KAKAMEGA THIS 17

th

DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2021

W MUSYOKA

JUDGE