On 14th December 2017 the Supreme Court in Francis Karioko Muruatetu & another v Republic [2017] eKLR altered the mandatory death penalty for convicted murderers and held that the mandatory death sentence is “out of sync with the progressive Bill of Rights” in Kenya’s 2010 Constitution and an affront to the rule of law.
How does the small claims work?
Someone has your debt or has failed to supply goods which are below 1 million shillings. You have reason to believe the amount of money and time you will spend to recover your dues will not be commensurate to what you recover? Worry no more!
The Petitioners in this matter were charged with offences under the tax laws of Kenya at the Milimani Chief Magistrates Court. Dissatisfied with the decision of the magistrate’s court, they petitioned the Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court. Their contention was that KRA levied charges against the Petitioners without the consent of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
