Intersex 'man' awaits ruling

By JUDY OGUTU

An intersex convict will on December 2 know his fate in a case he has lodged seeking legal recognition.

High Court Judges Hannah Okwengu, Ruth Sitati and George Dulu said yesterday they will deliver judgement in the case filed by Richard Muasya.

Muasya has filed a case saying he suffers discrimination, degrading and inhuman treatment.

Through his advocate John Chigiti, he says he had been discriminated against by being held in a prison for men, yet he is neither male nor female. Muasya, who is a death row convict, was born with male and female sex organs. The convict, who was sentenced to hang for violent robbery, is also seeking to be freed from Kamiti Maximum Prison on grounds of his gender.