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Kenya: Court Says Bible Study Not Proof of Convict’s Change of Character

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A court has refused to recognise a Bible study certificate acquired by a convict, who also became a pastor while in prison, as proof that he is now a reformed person.

Chrispin Omondi Majanga alias Evans Kiprono Cheruiyot was jailed afresh for 27 years for forging a Jubilee Insurance Company Limited (JICL) card and attempting to fraudulently obtain drugs from The Nairobi Hospital valued at Sh12,688.

He will now serve the custodial sentence after a magistrate rejected his pastoral certificate as a proof he is a reformed person.

“I do not want you to present me with a pastoral and Biblical studies certificates as a proof you have reformed. I require you to bring before this court a trade certificate to prove you can earn a living once you are through with your jail term,” Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Martha Nanzushi told Majanga.

Ms Nanzushi informed the convict that churches are very many in Kenya and there is a stiff competition for faithful with pastors not well remunerated.

“You are serving a five-year jail term. There is no certificate from the Prisons Department showing you have reformed,” Ms Nanzushi stated.

Life outside prison tough

She told the serving convict that life outside prison is quite tough with a 20-litre jerrican of water costing Sh50 in some Nairobi suburbs.

“If I release you, you will be brought back with another offence of stealing given that you have not reformed properly,” Ms Nanzushi.