Miss Langa’ata 2016 Sentenced To Death

By Sifuma N. Lilian-sifumalilian@gmail.com

The 2016 Miss Lang’ata prison Ruth Wanjiru Kamande has been sentenced to death for the murder of her boyfriend Farid Mohamed.Kamande was convicted of murder after she stubbed his boyfriend 22 times in the year 2015 in Buruburu, Nairobi leading to his death.

In her ruling on Thursday Judge Jessie Lesiit warned young people against doing ill acts after relationship breakups, hence the sentence for them to learn from her judgment.“I want young people to know that it is not cool to kill your boyfriend or girlfriend even if you are disappointed or frustrated. Don’t do it, it is good to walk away and thereafter forgive,” Said the judge.

Ruth Kamande(Left) while in court

Judge Lessit noted that in her mitigation Ms. Kamande did not show anguish, despair or sadness. “The 

Accused has not set before this court anything that will lead to a finding that there was an aspect of the case which remained unclear at the trial, which mitigation could have eliminated. The accused person has not alleged that she acted out of any despair or anguish. I find that the accused person deliberately stabbed the deceased with a clear intention to cause him pain, suffering and death.” She said while giving the judgment.

In her defense Ms Kamande alleged that his boyfriend had sex with her knowing that he was HIV positive. She added that the argument got out of hand when she discovered love letters the deceased had long after she broke up with his former girlfriends.

In her submission ,Ms Kamande’s advocate lawyer Joynor Okonyo argued that the accused when arrested had been enrolled in JKUAT to study business an argument which the court dismissed terming it as not persuasive adding that the prison service aids inmates to undergo courses and studies.

Kenya Woman Tries To Rob A Bank In The States

By Sifuma N. Lilian-sifumalilian@gmail.com

This may come as a shocker but this happened in one of the banks in United States where a Kenyan woman was arrested on Wednesday in attempts to rob a bank. A 36 years old identified by police as 

Everlyn Misumi was armed with a hammer, gasoline and lighter fluid.

A report indicates that Ms Misumi poured the gasoline and lighter fluid at the bank reception and demanded the bank clerks to issue her with the cash while waving the hammer in her hand.

Phto of Everlyn Misumi|Photo Courtesy

However, the woman’s mission failed when the teller dialed 911 alerting the Murphy police who arrived at the scene an incident. The woman’s effort to use a child as a shield failed as the police  took the baby away from her. The lady tried to flee the scene but the police sprayed pepper on her leading to her apprehension.

The woman has been taken to Collin County jail as she awaits to be arraigned in court to be charged with robbery and child endangerment.

Fire Campaign Rages On

By Sifuma N. Lilian-sifumalilian@gmail.com

Uhuru Secondary School in Buruburu estate Nairobi has been the latest school to be affected by a fire. The inferno torched down a 394 capacity dormitory. The school now joins over 40 schools that have been affected with the increased fire incidences reported in various parts of the country.

According to reports from teachers at school the fire began at around 9:20am and 10:00am when students were in class but the fire was later contained by the fire brigade from the county who responded quickly to the incident.

Badge for Uhuru Secondary|Photo Courtesy

The course of the fire is still unknown as everything in the dormitory has been brought down. The increased fire incidences in schools has been attributed to forthcoming national examination, but the 

National Examination Council warned that exams will not be postponed and it will go on as scheduled.

This comes barely four weeks since the Education Ministry gave a directive to all boarding schools to add the number of teachers on duty to help curb the ongoing fires