Odunga dismisses leniency plea by Machakos woman batterer who chopped off wife’s hands

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 3 – A Machakos court has upheld the 30-year jail sentence for Stephen Nthenge, a man convicted of chopping off the hands of his wife, Jackline Mwende, in 2016 over infidelity claims. Justice George Odunga dismissed Nthenge’s appeal in which the offender sought a lenient sentence since he was a first-time offender. […]