Migori granny, 87, who spent Christmas and New Year behind bars released

Risper Ng'wena, a Migori granny who was remanded at Migori prisons late last alighting from a police car at Rongo Law Courts in Migori County after the DPP dropped her case. [PHOTO: DENISH OCHIENG/STANDARD]

RONGO: Risper Ng'wena, the 87-year-old woman remanded at Migori prison after she was accused of stealing two plastic chairs at Kanyamanga village in Ranen, Awendo sub-county has been released after Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko paid her bail of Sh5,000.

The story elicited sharp reactions from Kenyans on social media who were dissatisfied with the Judiciary's handling of the case where the granny was accused of stealing the chairs worth Sh550 each.