JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
On 15th August, 2012, Danson Mulee Mwangangi (PW1-Mulee), a taxi driver employed by Stephen Waweru (PW2-Waweru) who ran a fleet of taxis was at his usual station at Nakumatt Prestige on Ngong Road when, at about 8.30 p.m. he was approached by two men and a woman (the woman was carrying a child) and after a negotiated fare they left for Kileleshwa but stopped on the way to fuel the taxi. The appellant, Bonface Musyoka Kioko sat on the front passenger seat while the other man and the woman sat at the back. When they reached Kenya High School in Kileleshwa, Mulee was directed to stop at a certain gate and this is when trouble began. The man at the back seat produced a pistol and placed it on Mulee’s neck. The appellant got hold of Mulee, pushed him to the floor of the car, tied his legs and hands with ropes and removed his shoes. The appellant forcefully took Mulee’s’ phone, make Nokia 1110 and cash Kshs.700 that was in his pocket. The man at the back seat took over …