#Justice for “Liz”

She was only 16 years and had just attended her grandfather’s funeral. On her way back home six men attacked her and raped her. She was gang raped till she bled and became unconscious.

That was in June 2013.

After finishing their dirty work, the rapists dumped her in a pit latrine and left her to die.

Apart from the psychological injuries, Liz now has to use a wheel chair and also suffers from fistula.

Justice for Liz/PHOTO/KENYA TODAY

What made the world cry for her justice?

Well Liz was raped by minors who then after being reported to the police, the minors were told to cut grass as punishment.

Really is that really sane, for a police officer in his right mind to be the judge, jury and executioner that a rapist deserves to slash grass?

This is what sent many human and women’s rights groups all over the world appending signatures seeking justice for Liz.

And the culprits were apprehended and the trial begun unfortunately they were only given 15 years imprisonment.

Seriously that is not enough. Thank God that even the Director of Public Prosecutions, Teriako Tobiko saw it wrong and said that it was too lenient and that the culprits must be given a harsher sentence.

He said, “We feel that the sentence imposed is inordinately lenient and fails to adequately reflect the nature and gravity of and the horrific circumstances under which the offences were committed and the magnitude of the harm suffered by the victim”.

Former police chief doubted the poor girl and said that the time between her screams for help and the neighbors helping her was “too short for six assailants to have gang raped her”.

Let us only hope and pray that someone in the police and judiciary sees the same sense as the DPP because it is only harsher sentences that will discourage such behavior.

We can never say let boys be boys when they could probably go ahead and become monsters.

I say justice for Liz all the way.