Inmates plead with State to abolish death penalty in Kenya

Morris Kaberia, a former police officer currently serving a death sentence in Kamiti prisons during an Interview with The Standard. International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Programme Manager Anita Nyanjong says Kenya remains a world leader in handing the sentence, terming it a violation of the right to life. (PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA/ STANDARD)

"This offence carries a mandatory sentence. I hereby sentence you to death by hanging until satisfied dead. You have a right of appeal."

These harsh words still linger in the mind of Morris Kaberia, a former police officer now awaiting the hangman's noose at Kamiti Maximum Prison.