Kenya's death row convicts get a reprieve

Tanzanian national, Saidi Imako, 67, a death row convict at Kamiti prison. There was a major relief for 2,747 convicts after President Uhuru Kenyatta reduced their sentences from death to life imprisonment. (PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA/ STANDARD)

There was a major relief for 2,747 convicts after President Uhuru Kenyatta reduced their sentences from death to life imprisonment.

They include 2,655 male convicts and 92 female even as the President released 102 long serving prisoners across the country.