JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
The appellants have come to this court on first appeal challenging the propriety of their respective convictions for the offence of murder contrary to Section 203 as read with Section 204 of the Penal Code respectively and the sentences which eventually were meted out to them.
The background facts of the case are simple. At about 8 a.m on 16th May 1993, at a village called Botabori in South Mugirango Location of Kisii District, a horn was blown summoning all villagers to the home of one Obaigwa. Yunuke Kemunto Keronche (the deceased), like many other villagers, responded and went to Obaigwa's homestead and so did her son Julius Obare Keronche (pw1) and his paternal grandmother Sabina Kerubo Chweya (PW3). It is in evidence that the villagers were called there because Obaigwa's daughter, Jane, had been suddenly taken ill and as a result had become physically disabled and dumb. It was believed her sickness was as a result of witchcraft.
The villagers were therefore cal…