Wasted lives: 15 years in jail for rapist rugby players

Lawrence Frank Wanyama and Alex Mahaga Olaba at a Nairobi's Milimani law court, they have been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for rape. [File, Standard]

The two Kenyan rugby players found guilty of rape have been sentenced to time in prison.

Milimani Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku ruled that Frank Wanyama and Alex Olaba be imprisoned for 15 years each.

“The complainant was traumatised hence a deterrent sentence is necessary,” she ruled.

The verdict was read in-camera, meaning only the accuser and respondents were present.

The rugby duo played for Kenya Harlequin and the national rugby 7s team.

They were charged with gang-raping a woman named WA on February 10 last year at an apartment in Highrise, Nairobi County.

The events that have now culminated into the sentencing started at a party in Spring Valley.

The artiste said one player lured her to his house after they left the party. According to her, the two raped her in turns, as she fell in and out of consciousness.

In a series of posts on social media, she narrated how she had been raped on her birthday.

WA claimed she became pregnant from the ordeal. She claimed to have gone to Nairobi South Hospital for a medical test.

Frank and Alex have maintained the sexual escapade was mutually agreed. Their lawyer has said they will appeal the verdict.