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Double sex inmate ‘must pay for sins’
Posted Thursday, July 15 2010 at 22:05
An intersex robbery convict fighting for legal recognition was on Thursday told to “pay for your sins as you were never denied schooling because of your gender.”
A group calling itself Kenya Christian Lawyers Fellowship asked a three-judge bench of the constitutional court to disregard pleas by Richard Muasya to be released from Kamiti because of his unique sex condition.
Dropped out
The group drew the court’s attention to affidavits by Muasya’s relatives that he went to school but dropped out, saying he could not see the board, contrary to claims that he was denied education because of his sex.
The affidavits were sworn by Muasya’s mother and his maternal grandmother, Ms Damaris Siyongo.
According to the affidavits, despite concerted efforts to have Muasya go back to school he refused, opting to fetch water.
Presenting his case in court on Tuesday Muasya, who has both male and female organs, said he was denied an education because of his gender.
He sought to introduce a third gender in the law books when his lawyer, Mr John Chigiti, said his client did not have a birth certificate because his sexuality was not legally recognised. The court will make a ruling on September 29.
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Submitted by WN2007Posted July 16, 2010 08:53 PM
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Submitted by kiria_wara
Hold him in one of those empty prisons, but will the warders be male or female? It, Muasya, is in double-jeopardy!
Posted July 16, 2010 07:23 PM -
Submitted by rofi
Muasya, a man's name, was living a criminal's life with men, not women. I do not think he needs any sympathies @mascot. This is a hardened criminal trying to see if he might just find a way out of jail.
Posted July 16, 2010 02:14 PM -
Submitted by mascot
This person will end up being molested in a double way since he is both man and woman. He surely needs protection from his fellow jailbirds----can he really survive? that's the question since his is not a death sentence. We need to crack our heads and propose what needs to be done, rather than condemn him !!!!
Posted July 16, 2010 11:59 AM -
Submitted by oletiptip
you would think a person with a female organ will do all that he/she can to avoid prison , to bad for this character u do the crime u do the time ,he she will be the passed around like currency in jail, he needs some protection ,problem is i dont trust the wardens.
Posted July 16, 2010 11:43 AM
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Kenyan prisons have cells where people with special conditions, or 'important' public figures are detained. That is all this criminal requires. Parents need to be keen on their children's sexuality etc as they grow to deal with these kind of issues early. For Muasya, he can deal with which organ he wants to keep when he is released after serving term for his crimes.