In a unique case where traditional and modern criminal justice systems fused, the accused persons family was banished by the community and ordered to pay 70 cows which were later negotiated downwards to 48. In the end, Justice Lagat Korir sentenced Guyo Garden Bocha and Musa Bocha to a three-year non-custodial sentence. They pleaded in mitigation that they were remorseful and that their family had reconciled with the deceased’s family and reinstated community harmony. Take a surveyA chief in Tana Delta informed the court that the accused persons and the victim’s family had opted to bury the hatchet. The well in question was under the control of the family of the two accused persons.

Source: Standard Digital May 04, 2021 04:00 UTC