SheriaNet for Android — search and read Kenyan case law from your phone, offline.
Join the beta →

Kevin Shitambasi Amayi v Republic [2017] KEHC 5628 (KLR)

[2017] KEHC 5628 (KLR) High Court of Kenya
Read PDF
Court
High Court of Kenya
Case number
5628
Citation
[2017] KEHC 5628 (KLR)
Decided
11 May 2017
AI Summary Beta Machine-generated — may contain errors. Not legal advice.
TypeCriminal Misc. ApplicationPostureRespondent RespondsCoramRUTH N. SITATI
Holding

The applicant's application has no merit, is frivolous, and an abuse of court process. It is dismissed.

Facts

The applicant is charged with robbery with violence and has applied to transfer the case from Mumias Court to another court due to alleged partiality and unfairness.

Issues

  1. Whether the trial magistrate has demonstrated partiality, undue interest, and unfairness in handling the trial.
  2. Whether the applicant's application for transfer is frivolous and an abuse of court process.

Reasoning

The court found that the applicant's allegations of partiality and unfairness were not supported by the evidence and that the applicant was not candid in his application for transfer. The court dismissed the application.

Outcome

Application dismissed

Experimental AI summary generated by a language model, not a lawyer. It may contain errors or omissions and must not be relied on for legal decisions — the full judgment below is the authoritative source.
Full judgment 0.1 MB · PDF

Loading judgment…

Cite this case


        
        
      

Share this case