A High Court in Nairobi has thrown out a case filed by murderers to have killers, robbers or gangs who are convicted for murder or violently stealing paying fines.
Justice Chacha Mwita in his judgment Friday, said the Penal Code is neither discriminatory nor excessive for requiring anyone who has been found guilty of murder or robbery with violence to serve a jail sentence without an option of a fine.
According to him, the two capital offences are the vilest acts that can be committed against a human being.
He said that anyone caught by the long hand of the law should be punished as retribution to the victims.
