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Rapists can get away with slap on the wrist

Odunga’s observations escalate differences among judges on sentences provided under Sexual Offences Act

A convicted sex pest has secured a shorter jail term than the 15 years minimum sentence prescribed in law upon conviction for gang defilement, opening the door for lenient sentences inconsistent with punishment in the Sexual Offences Act.

Francis Matondo Ogeto was found guilty of the offence of gang defilement contrary to section 10 of the Sexual Offences Act and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a magistrates court in Mavoko.

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