Justice Lessit Strikes Again!! Another Murderer Set to Chop Prison Life Forever

Many capital offenders and lawyers in the country tremble at the mention of the name Justice Jessie Lessit. She is no doubt one of the most feared and respected judges in the country. Many Kenyan lawyers including those considered as the creme dela creme of the legal system have admitted to trembling in her presence.

Justice Lessit made headlines when she sentenced beauty queen Ruth Kamande to death for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Farid Mohammed 25 times to death.

Today was no different as she sentenced a Rwandese female national to life imprisonment. Justice Lessit sentenced Antoinette Uwineza alias Michelin Uwababyii to life imprisonment for killing her female friend Winnie Uwambaye Colpitts five years ago in a city lodging following a bitter exchange over a boyfriend.


The incident occurred on February 16, 2013 at Saharan Lodge along Duruma Road in Nairobi.

Delivering the sentence, Judge Jessie Lesiit ruled that the accused deliberately killed her friend and her seven- month-old baby “with malice and in a brutal manner” leading to their death.

When delivering her judgement to Miss Langata Ruth Kamande earlier this year, Justice Lesiit found that Kamande drew pleasure from stabbing her boyfriend 25 times and was not remorseful, even in court.

“I want young people to know that it is not cool to kill each other. If you have an issue with a boyfriend, just walk away and forgive,” said Lesiit and sentenced Ruth Kamande to hang.

Justice Lessit has aslo made headlines handling Migori Governor Okoth Obado’s case. Obado is accused of killing his lover Saron Otieno and her unborn baby. Justice Lessit freed Obado on Bail but gave him very strict bail conditions that he has to adhere to failure to which his bail might be revoked anytime.

The Migori governor promised to adhere to the bail terms and has since resumed work at Migori County headquarters.

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