JUDGEMENT OF THE COURT
The appellants herein, Cliff Bikeri Mokua (1st appellant) and Edwin Chweya Mokua (2nd appellant) were arraigned before the Nyamira Chief Magistrate's Court in Criminal case No. 685 of 2011 with the offence of robbery with violence contrary to section 296 (2) of the Penal Code. It was alleged in the particulars that the appellants, on 4th October, 2011 at Gekomoni area in Nyamira District within Nyamira County, while armed with dangerous weapons namely;- a knife and a metal wire, robbed Jared Mongare Mabea (“the complainant”) of a motor vehicle Reg. No. KBJ 817 N valued at Kshs.800,000/=, a cash sum of Kshs.850/= all valued at Kshs.800,850/= the property of the said complainant and immediately after the time of such robbery used actual violence against the said complainant.
The appellants denied the charge. The prosecution called a total of eight (8) witnesses namely, the complainant (PW1), Gladys Kwamboka (PW2), John Ntabo Otieno (PW3), Pius Moseti Maangi (PW4), J…