JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Elias Apudho Odhowo aged 55, Simon Nyamai, 65, Lucas Odhiambo, 32 and Augustino Omondi 22 were sentenced on March 16, 1983 by the High Court (Schofield J) to six years imprisonment for Lucas Apudho Odhowo and four years’ imprisonment for each of the rest because they pleaded guilty to jointly and unlawfully killing Lucas Opondo Onyango aged 13 at about 5 pm on June 5, 1981 at Kalkanda Uradi, West Alego Location in Siaya District.
This youth and another called Patrick Juma, of about the same age, were suspected of (and probably admitted) breaking into the room of a schoolmate, George Owegi on June 4, that year and stealing his blanket(s), two sheets, a satchel and a calendar so George’s father, Nicholas, told Simon Nyamai, the nearest village elder who told the assistant chief, Elias Apudho, who collected his ‘youth wingers’ Lucas Odhiambo and Augustino Omondi. The two young culprits were rounded up and brought to the Owegi home by Simon Nyamai. There they were tied…