Kenya: Supreme Court of Dismisses Ruth Kamande’s ‘Miss Lang’ata’ Final Appeal in Murder Conviction

Nairobi — The Supreme Court of Kenya has dismissed an appeal filed by Ruth Wanjiku Kamande, popularly known as Miss Lang’ata, who was convicted in 2015 for the murder of her boyfriend, Farid Mohamed Halim.

Following the dismissal of her appeal by the Court of Appeal, Kamande moved to the Supreme Court, urging it to consider the applicability of the doctrine of Battered Woman Syndrome as part of her defence of self-defence.

However, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal on the grounds that the…