What Kenyans are saying after 3 men who stripped girl on a Githurai Matatu sentenced to hang

Two men charged with assaulting a female passenger inside a Githurai Matatu have been sentenced to death.The three are driver Nicholas Chege, conductor Meshack Mburu and petrol station attendant Edward Ndung'u.The three appeared before chief magistrate Francis Andayi on Wendesday.They were found guilty of robbing and sexually assaulting the woman on the night of September 19, 2014."What you thought was a joke should not be taken lightly as a woman's privacy and decency should be respected at all times," the magistrate said.Githurai 44 bus driver, conductor and a middle-aged man were arrested for stripping and molesting a female passenger inside the bus.The three were also charged with robbing the woman of KSh 10,200, a Samsung galaxy mobile phone worth KSh 27,000, a bottle of perfume, clutch bag and make up kit totaling to KSh 41,700.For the offense of sexually assaulting the woman, the court ordered the convicts to serve a jail term of 25 years each but this will remain in abeyance if they are hanged.Meshak, the pump attendant asked the court to have mercy on him saying he is a family man, a father of two and the sole bread winner.The death sentence in Kenya has since been commuted to life sentence, meaning that they will spend the rest of their lives behind bars.The decision has sparked mixed emotions among Kenyans especially online with some celebrating the ruling while others where quick to shoot it down.Here are some of the comments Kenyans shared:

Jicho : Serves them right. We should respect and protect women at all costs.

kenliks Hii ni Ujinga....how do you condemn a person to death for stripping a woman, yet you leave rapists, murderers, corrupt public officers and robbers to going scott free.... What an evil judge........ they should have given them a long sentence, say 5 - 6 yrs to stop this, but not putting them in a death row...Ushenzi... they just can't match an evil deed with the correct punishment. Lawyers should help these poor people appeal

Kraziest Kenyan: The lady was not robbed of anything. The story at the time was that she was an intoxicated hooker coming from town. I guess it was a bad night for her coz she didn't have bus fare and like it always happens, she got detained in the bus. That's when she offered to pay in kind and even stripped, but the crew wasn't interested. After the harassment they let her go, but the video they recorded went viral. Pressured to take action, I guess the police had to make up charges that would secure a long sentence. No rape took place, it was only indecent assault, so robbery with violence is just to get a big sentence. It's sad.

Citizen M This shouldn't be a capital offense, this is too much should be 20yrs max!

socksdonthavetomatch: Interesting in the comments below, to see how many Kenyan men think that rape of this woman in public transport is not a very serious and/or depraved crime. I wonder if it is because many of them do it too? 

I would have loved to see their comments if these two men had raped a man or a boy in that bus. It would have been quite different I believe.On the other hand I think simply hanging these pieces of human trash is wasteful. They should have their organs harvested and used for transplants for people who need it. (at least the organs not damaged by drink drugs and disease.)

David Kanyuga: Serves them right . . the decency of a woman should be respected and not subject to a man on the streets to define what's right or wrong . . it is way above the mentioned cartels. Next time you think of undressing a woman in public because of your deviated thoughts . . you will think again.

tomyebei: We hang petty criminals while we shield and clear the big thieves. That is Kenya for you.