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    Death row inmate chops off manhood

    A desperate death row inmate at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison cut off his penis when President Uhuru Kenyatta failed to free him and other prisoners as part of the Kenya@50 commemorations.

    Francis Karuri, who had served 15 years in prison for robbery with violence, was mopping the floors in the prison's block D had been following the president's speech which was being broadcast live from Kasarani stadium.

    Its alleged he castrated himself using a razor blade and continued to mop up the floors until he collapsed from loss of blood. He was discovered an hour later when inmates returned to the cells to see pools of blood leading to one of the cells.

    Fearing that some of their colleagues might have had a fight and were lying injured, the inmates following the trail of blood and found Karuri lying unconscious. There was a razor blade next to him. Karuri was admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital in critical condition even as doctors attempted to try and re-attach his severed genital.

    Inmates interviewed said Karuri had high hopes of being among those who were to be released yesterday. It has become traditional for thousands of petty criminals and some of those convicted of capital punishment to be released by presidential pardon granted on national days.

    The inmates said Karuri had for years been harboring hopes that he would be released and would go ahead to have children of his own.

    They said Karuri had become depressed and had for several months been transferred to a section of the prison where inmates with mental problems are held.

    "He told other inmates that he had been hoping to be released on presidential pardon but when the President did not mention the release of prisoners, he decided to chop off his manhood because it was useless to him since he cannot have children now," one prison warder who sought anonymity said.

    Karuri, who had served 15 years on death row before his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, suffered from a liver ailment.

    Last night KNH said the patient arrived in hospital 13 hours after the incident. Attempts to re-attach the organ were abandoned. Hospital spokesman Simon Ithai appealed for blood donation to save Karuri’s life, saying KNH has a shortage of blood.

    http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/artic....CoIbAVFK.dpuf
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    Three Sentenced to Death in Kerugoya

    THREE robbers have been sentenced to death after they were found guilty of robbery with violence by a Kerugoya court. David Manegene, John Bundi and Francis Nyamu were sentenced by senior principal magistrate Teresiah Ngugi.

    Ngugi said evidence given by the prosecution and eight witnesses were substantial to warrant the setence.

    She said the two children who were with their mother during the robbery were able to positively identify the suspects since they went to the school before the three dropped out.

    "It is not in dispute that the complainant (Cecilia), were able to positively identify the three with their nicknames and also with their names.It is not in dispute that the three were connected with the said robbery" Ngugi said.

    Their lawyer Kinyua Mutana said the suspects should be treated as first offenders and that and the court to consider that the three have been in prison since 2008, they were under age when they committed the crime, they are remorseful.

    "The three have been found guilty of the offence as charged and conducted accordingly. They are treated as

    first offenders but with the evidence that has been given by the eight witnesses shows clearly that they committed the crime and more so they inflicted serious injuries to Cecily's head which saw her being admitted for a year since the robbery," Ngugi said.

    http://allafrica.com/stories/201402040458.html
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    UK government challenged on role in Kenyan death sentence

    The government has been challenged to explain its support for a Kenyan investigation that resulted in a death sentence being handed down based on flawed evidence and a 'confession' extracted under torture.

    Legal charity Reprieve and law firm Leigh Day have launched legal action over the involvement of British authorities, including the Metropolitan Police and the Home Office, in the death sentence handed down to Ali Babitu Kololo, a father of 2 from a village in Lamu, Kenya. Mr Kololo was sentenced to death for robbery with violence by a Kenyan court in August 2013 after he was tortured by local police into 'confessing' to leading kidnappers to the camp where the 2011 kidnapping of British tourist Judith Tebbutt, and the murder of her husband David took place.

    Despite serious flaws with the Kenyan investigation, including the use of torture, and the near-certainty that a conviction would result in a death sentence for Mr Kololo, the Metropolitan Police offered substantial support to the prosecution. British police officers also gave evidence during a flawed trial, conducted in a language Mr Kololo does not speak fluently, and without the presence of his lawyer during crucial hearings. Other than his 'confession', the main evidence presented linking Mr Kololo to the crime scene was a shoe that does not fit his foot.

    Though they accused Mr Kololo of leading the kidnappers to the camp, Mr Kololo alleges that the police never interviewed him to ask about the other men they believed were involved, nor made any efforts to find and charge them with any crime. Instead, Mr Kololo, who is illiterate and from the marginalised Boni tribe in northern Kenya, was sentenced to death in July 2013.

    Following the sentencing, British officials from the Metropolitan Police and Foreign Office praised the "great skill and tenacity" of the British police team, calling the outcome "welcome" and a "positive development".

    Reprieve and lawyers from Leigh Day have taken the first steps in launching a judicial review of the official UK support for the Kenyan investigation. A pre-action letter sent to Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, head of the Metropolitan Police, states: "The support provided by the British authorities to the prosecution in Mr Kololo's case was unlawful [...] The unfairness is particularly acute in a context where it entails a real risk to an individual's life, as it did in the present case."

    The UK government's Strategy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty lists Kenya as a 'priority country' with which the UK should work towards abolition and a reduction in executions.

    Maya Foa, head of Reprieve's death penalty team, said: "It is appalling that the British government chose to ignore its own human rights policies and support a flagrantly unfair trial that resulted in a death sentence.

    "The case against Mr Kololo is so deeply flawed, resting as it does on unsound evidence including a 'confession' extracted under torture, that it is highly possible that an innocent man has been convicted."

    She concluded: "The government should admit responsibility and take measures to right this wrong as soon as possible."

    (Source: ekklesia.co.uk)
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    Kenya: Judiciary's New Policy Spells Doom for Death Row Convicts

    New guidelines on the sentencing of criminals have proposed a mandatory death sentence to capital offenders, dealing a blow to several death row inmates who wanted life imprisonment.

    The guidelines, however, bring relief to disabled, elderly and terminally ill convicts, who will now receive special treatment while in custody or have their jail terms reduced.

    "Since the death penalty has not been abolished, judges must impose the death sentence with respect to capital offences. To curb their stay in prison, the court should recommend to the president to have a fixed time for a review of the cases, after which they should face death," say the guidelines.

    The new policy further makes it possible for a convict to be sentenced to death in more than one case, although the individual will be hanged as per the first sentence, with the others being held in abeyance.

    In reviewing the sentencing for the disabled, the elderly and the terminally ill, it was discovered that prisons do not have special facilities to cater for their interests, which exposes them to inhuman treatment.

    As a result, the guidelines propose that the courts must ensure the sentencing does not amount to excessive punishment.

    Careless drivers will also have their sentences reviewed, as the policy proposes that instead of being made to pay fines, the traffic offenders should have their licences suspended so that they stop driving for a certain period.

    The guidelines will also bring relief to those who cannot raise bond or cash bail and spend the trial days in remand, as the policy recommends that their sentencing must factor in the period they have been held in custody.

    "If a person has been in remand for two years and is finally found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison, that person should be released because he will have served the prison sentence while in remand," says the guidelines.

    The policy also makes special recommendations for drug addicts, proposing that an individual who has been found guilty of addiction should be sent to a rehabilitation centre instead of prison.

    The new policy guidelines were launched by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga at the Supreme Court.

    They were prepared by a team of judges at the Judicial Training Institute, led by Justice Msagha Mbogholi.

    http://allafrica.com/stories/201601260105.html
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    Two Kenyans sentenced to death for police murders before elections

    (Reuters) - Two men accused of being members of a Kenyan secessionist group were sentenced to death on Friday for murdering four police officers on the eve of national elections in 2013.

    Prosecutors said Jabiri Ali Dzuya and Bwana Mkuu Alwan were members of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), a movement which campaigns for the independence of Kenya's coastal regions.

    Both had denied the charge, but the judge at Mombasa's high court, Martin Muya, said there was enough evidence to show they had "brutally murdered four officers on duty".

    The MRC had called for people to boycott the 2013 elections, demanding a separate government for the Indian Ocean coastal strip which includes lucrative tourist beaches.

    The movement, outlawed until a 2012 court ruling lifted a ban, accuses the government of marginalizing groups that live there.

    It has denied police accusations that it was behind a string of sometimes deadly attacks on police stations and people from outside the area before the vote.

    The lawyer for the two convicted men said he would appeal against the death sentence. The prosecution said they it would appeal against the acquittal of two other defendants.

    Kenya has not executed anyone since 1987 - condemned prisoners usually end up serving life in jail.

    Uhuru Kenyatta, from one of Kenya's richest families and son of its founding president, was declared winner of the 2013 presidential election, which the opposition said was rigged.

    http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1091IM
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    Kenyan president commutes all death sentences to life in prison

    NAIROBI: President Uhuru Kenyatta commuted all death sentences in Kenya to life jail terms on Monday, removing 2,747 convicts from death row in a nation that has not executed anyone for about three decades.

    In addition to commuting the sentences of 2,655 men and 92 women, Kenyatta also signed pardon warrants to release 102 long-term serving convicts, the presidential State House said.

    Such pardons are granted to prisoners deemed reformed and rehabilitated, and found to be deserving of early release.

    A mass commutation of prisoners on death row was last signed in 2009 by the then President Mwai Kibaki.

    A life prison sentence in Kenya means for the rest of a convict's natural life.

    Rights groups say the last execution in Kenya was carried out in 1987. Convictions for crimes such as treason, murder and robbery with violence can carry the death sentence in Kenya.

    http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/...n/3231778.html
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    Officer: Death row convicts should face firing squad

    A senior police officer has proposed that criminals condemned to death sentence be subjected to a firing squad.

    Embu West OCPD Francis Sang’ said the Government should not waste resources feeding criminals and should execute them immediately after sentencing either through a firing squad or by hanging.

    Sang’ said criminals in life imprisonment live in comfort as they are assured of food and shelter all their life at the prisons till they die, despite committing brutal offences.

    “We as police officers understand this well because we visit crime scenes. What we come across in these scenes shows how dangerous criminals are. Such offenders should either be hanged or shot dead. Feeding them in jail till they die is too lenient,” said Mr Sang’.

    The officer was among security chiefs and opinion leaders in the county who called for retaining of the death sentence as punishment for capital offenders to reduce crime in the country.

    They spoke at a Power of Mercy Advisory Committee forum organised to gather public views on capital offences and capital punishment at the Embu cultural hall over the weekend.

    The forum was led by the committee secretary Michael Kagika and the National Crime Research Centre director Gerald Wandera.

    Embu West Directorate of Criminal Investigations head Joshua Cheptoo said some criminals can never change no matter how many years they spend in jail.

    He said some capital offenders released through presidential clemency sometimes turn against their accusers and make the society live in fear.

    “Those under life imprisonment should be vetted carefully before they are released to the society,” he said.

    https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/arti...e-firing-squad

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    Three face death penalty for Del Monte Kenya pineapple theft, report says

    Kenya’s Court of Appeal has reportedly upheld the death sentence handed to three men who allegedly stole 30 pineapples from a Del Monte farm, according to local publication Standard Media.

    Julius Mugambi, Edward Mburu and Francis Maina lost their case after the court found they were positively identified as part of a gang of seven intruders, the story said.

    They are now reported to be on death row even though they never got away with the fruits worth Sh1,500 from a facility belonging to Del Monte Kenya, which is owned by Fresh Del Monte.

    The three were charged with threatening security guards using machetes before stealing the pineapples and also with unlawfully injuring an animal, the story said.

    They were reportedly first arraigned in the magistrate’s court in Thika on November 1, 2008, where they were tried and sentenced to death.

    They filed an appeal at the High Court, arguing there was a mistake in the identification of intruders at the farm on the day, according to Standard Media.

    At the time of writing, Fresh Del Monte had not replied to Fresh Fruit Portal’s request for comment on the matter.

    https://www.freshfruitportal.com/new...t-report-says/
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    Breaking News! Wildlife Poachers In Kenya Will Face The Death Penalty

    By Wan News

    Learning that Kenya is on the fast-track to strengthening laws which will make wildlife poaching a capital offense was among the many momentous moments that transpired yesterday during an event to launch a new stamp in honor of Sudan, the last remaining northern white rhino left on earth who tragically passed away in March.

    As revealed by Najib Balala, the Minister for Tourism and Wildlife, and reported by Xinhuanet, once the new laws are passed, “offenders of wildlife crimes will face the death penalty in accordance with the laws of the land.”

    “We have in place the Wildlife Conservation Act that was enacted in 2013 and which fetches offenders a life sentence or a fine of $200,000 U.S. dollars,” Balala stated at the event which took place at what was Sudan’s home, the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. “However, this has not been deterrence enough to curb poaching, hence the proposed stiffer sentence.”

    Richard Vigne, the CEO of Ol Pejeta Conservancy noted that the tragic story of the northern rhino will be captured forever as a signal to the world.

    “Earlier today, in collaboration with Postal Corporation of Kenya and Kenya Wildlife Service, we launched commemorative Northern White Rhino stamps,” Ol Pejeta Conservancy shared on its Facebook page yesterday. “The stamps will go a long way towards preserving Kenya’s natural heritage as well as raising awareness worldwide on the plight of the northern white rhino.”

    While there are sadly only two remaining female northern white rhinos in the world, Vigne reiterated that “Ol Pejeta and Kenya Wildlife Service are working closely with the scientific community to try to recover this species from imminent extinction” through in vitro fertilization.

    It was also revealed during the event that the remains of Sudan will be preserved in a national conservation museum to be established by the Tourism ministry.

    WAN recently visited the Ol Pejeta Conservancy to film the animal welfare documentary “We Are One”, and spoke with CEO, Richard Vigne about the plight of the last two remaining female Northern White Rhinos. Once we lose them, that is the end for the northern whites. They have been here for millions of years and now the species is on the verge of extinction, all because of human greed for a horn that is made of the same components as your finger nail. Something must be done to save them.

    http://worldanimalnews.com/breaking-...n-white-rhino/
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    Brilliant!
    Violence and death seem to be the only answers that some people understand.

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