This archive report was first published on 17 August 2019.
On August 17, 2019, a Nairobi court handed down a 15-year prison sentence to Kenya Rugby 7s players Alex Olaba and Frank Wanyama, who were found guilty of gang-rape.
The conviction came after a lengthy trial in which the two were accused of raping an upcoming Kenyan musician at Seefar Apartments in Nairobi on February 10th, 2019.
According to the victim's statement recorded with the police, she had attended a party in Nairobi's Kilimani area where the two rugby players were present, and after a night of merry-making, she went to their house with them.
She claimed the two took advantage of her intoxicated state and raped her repeatedly after refusing to take no for an answer, resulting in her becoming pregnant after the incident.
Before their conviction, Olaba and Wanyama had been out on Sh500,000 cash bail each after they pleaded not guilty to the charges leveled against them.
The two were also frozen out of the Kenya Rugby 7s team, Shujaa, after they were indicted with gang-rape.
