Murder Convict Ruth Kamande has graduated with a degree in Law from the University of London.
The Miss Lang’ata Prison 2016, who is serving a life time sentence for killing her boyfriend by stabbing him 25 times, was among the 17 inmates and prison wardens who graduated with the prestigious degree on Tuesday at the Kamiti Maximum prison.
Kamande issued a moving speech while receiving her certificate.
“We are here to celebrate this new chapter with a new story which all of you have participated in rewriting. We are here to celebrate graduands.
“We are not here to just celebrate graduands from the University of London, but graduands who have successfully studied law behind bars. Graduands who are well transformed, rehabilitated, and reformed. Graduands whose stories have been uniquely rewritten by you,” she said.
Earlier, Kamande revealed that she waS motivated to pursue law by former Attorney General Githu Muigai.
“Professor Githu Muigai came in and I was so touched and I said, ‘Oh my God! In this world, we still have people like this?’ So I desired to become like him,” she said adding that, when the chance came, she did not let it go.
“When I heard that Justice Defenders are offering the opportunity to in still dignity through education, I said I would try. I knew there were so many challenges because I was serving on death row but I decided to take the chance so that in future I could help somebody like Professor Githu Muigai helped me,” she added.
Kamande committed murder in 2015 at Buruburu. She stabbed her then 22-year old boyfriend Farid Mohammed multiple times after a domestic dispute at his residence. During the trial, she insisted that she resolved to violence as an act of self defence.
