This archive report was first published on 9 August 2019.
On August 9, 2019, a Nairobi court found two rugby players, Alex Olaba and Frank Wanyama, guilty of raping a female musician in the city.
According to reports, the incident occurred on February 11, 2018, at Seefa apartments in Highrise, Nairobi.
Olaba has now shifted the blame to his counterpart, claiming that Wanyama was the mastermind behind the rape.
Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku has postponed their sentencing to next Friday, August 16, 2019, at 2pm, and directed that the two remain in custody until then.
Defense lawyer Jimmy Wafulu Simiyu had prayed for a lenient and non-custodial sentence, citing the minimum sentence of 15 years for the crime.
