The plaintiff was subjected to inhuman and degrading punishment and treatment for a total of 13 days as she was locked up in cells in a police station. As a consequence, she suffered both physically and psychologically. She sued the Honourable Attorney General for (a) Special damages amounting to 152,915 KSh, (b) General damages, (c) Aggravated damages, (d) Future medical expenses, (e) Interest on the above, (f) Cost of the law suit.
The treatment amounts to an offence under Section 10 of the Sexual Offences Act and is punishable to a term of not less than 15 years imprisonment to life imprisonment.
The plaintiff was awarded special damages amounting to 122,915 KSh, general damages amounting to 5 million KSh and aggravated damages amounting to 2 million KSh, interest on the above, at court rates, and the costs of the court suit with interest thereon, at court rates.