Meet Charles Mayamba: The no nonsense Magistrate who has slapped Rapists with Severe Punishments

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The Kenyan Judiciary has in recent times come under a lot of scrutiny for being the hindrance in the fight against crime. Chief Justice David Maraga has tried to dismiss these claims on several occasions.

But we both know that not all judges are bad. There are a few good ones. Take for example the case of Kilungu resident magistrate Charles Mayamba. Mayamba sentenced a 33-year old man to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of defiling a 15-year old girl.

“I am satisfied that the evidence before this court is sufficient and I have no doubt that the suspect committed the offence,” The magistrate said in his ruling while sentencing Charles Kimanthi who committed the offence in November last year.

Interestingly, this is not the first defilement case that the good magistrate has committed. Last year, a 50 year old man received life imprisonment after he was found guilty of defiling a 15 year old girl.

Two weeks before that, a suspect accused of defiling his five-year-old daughter received an 80 years sentence. There was an uproar last year when several teenagers gave birth during the KCPE and KCSE exams. We need people like Charles Mayamba to stop this vice.

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