This archive report was first published on 4 July 2020.
On July 3, 2020, a Lamu-based court handed a police officer life imprisonment for raping a woman who had gone to report an incident at a police station.
Principal Magistrate Allan Temba found Rodgers Ouma, 28, guilty of raping the 26-year-old victim after luring her to his house at the Langoni Police Lines in December 2019.
Ouma was also found guilty of abusing his authority by promising the woman he could help her with the case she had gone to report.
The court established that the woman had arrived at the police station at 8pm on the fateful day to report her husband who was forcing her to take abortion pills.
Magistrate Temba declared Ouma a dangerous sexual convict, terming his actions as aggravated rape under Section 39(1) (b) of the Sexual Offences Act.
“For the aggravated rape, the court sentences him to life imprisonment to protect the complainant from the promised threat and to act as a deterrent to other like-minded persons,” Principal Magistrate Allan Temba ruled.
Ouma was also ordered to pay Sh400,000 as damages to the victim, which will be paid as compensation for soft tissue injuries and physiological trauma as provided for under the Penal Code.
