JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Disputes in families are not a rare occurrence. Sometimes they escalate so much so that family members end up hurting each other even fatally. In the present appeal we are faced with the unfortunate scenario of daylight bloodshed in a family set up that can only be equated to a “game of thrones”. The day was almost over at around 5:00pm and it was raining. No one would have anticipated the turn of events that took place that evening. Following those events, the appellant, Elisha Andai Karani was arrested and charged in the High Court in Kakamega with the murder of his mother Alice Karani, (Alice) and sister in law Grace Ishmael, (Grace) contrary to Section 203 as read with Section 204 of the Penal Code. The particulars of the information were that on 18th October, 2010 at Ebusembe village, Central Bunyore location, Vihiga District within Western Province the appellant murdered Alice in count 1 and Grace in count 2.
The appellant pleaded not guilty to the informatio…