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Activists protest death penalty verdict for Ruth Kamande

Ruth Kamande at the Milimani Law Courts on July 19, 2018 during her sentencing. She was sentenced to death. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Jacqueline Kubania

Field communications manager

African Wildlife Foundation

What you need to know:

  • Amnesty International boss Houghton said that there is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime.
  • KNHCR argued that the death penalty disproportionately affects economically disadvantaged Kenyans who cannot afford good lawyers.

The sentencing of 24-year-old Ruth Kamande to death has once again rekindled the debate on capital punishment.

On one hand, there are those who have called for the commuting of the sentence to life imprisonment, which allows for the rehabilitation of offender.

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