Nairobi chief magistrate Francis Andayi should be commended for the heavy sentence he meted out yesterday to the three miscreants who violently robbed and sexually assaulted a woman on a bus and filmed themselves while at it.
The driver, conductor and a petrol attendant were sentenced to death for violently robbing the female passenger in Githurai 44 three years ago.
It is a good thing that the case was heard and concluded; too often such cases can drag on for years on end and end inconclusively and be completely inconsiderate about the female point of view and trauma.
The mobile phone video went viral and it was dreadful viewing.
Treating women badly does not pay, should be one of the key lessons of this sentence.
Sexual assaults and violent robbery on public transport are rife. Turning such vile behaviour into viral videos, presumably to get a kick out of it, is unacceptable.
Although the three have the right of appeal, the severity of the sentence should be a deterrent.
