JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
The appellant, together with six others, was charged before the Chief Magistrate's Court at Nakuru on four counts with the offence of robbery contrary to section 296(2) of the Penal Code. He was also charged with being in possession of a firearm without holding a firearm Act, certificate contrary to section 4(2)(A) of the Firearms Cap.114 and for being in possession of ammunition without holding a firearm certificate contrary to the same section. He was convicted on all the four robbery counts on the lesser offence under section 296(1) of the Penal Code and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment on each count with four strokes of the cane on each count plus hard labour. On the remaining two counts under the Firearms Act Cap.114, he was sentenced to serve three year's imprisonment on each count. All sentences were ordered to run concurrently with five years' police supervision after sentence.
His appeal against conviction to the superior court (Ondeyo, J.) was dismiss…