I breathed a sigh of relief on Monday when I heard the outcome of a case that has haunted me and others for nearly two years. A court in Nairobi sentenced three men involved in the case of Liz,* a woman who was gang-raped by six men in June 2013. Finally, three of the rapists were convicted for up to 22 years,15 years for rape and seven years for causing her grievous bodily harm. While the jail term handed down to the three perpetrators is rather lenient—in a country where rape can attract a maximum sentence of life imprisonment—at least they were tried and found guilty. Immediately after the rape, the police had not even arrested the perpetrators; they thought it was punishment enough to have them