26/08/2026
Imagine being 92 years old, your body failing you, suffering from severe health issues: weak, and being confined in a prison's terminally ill ward, a very gloomy place to be. That was Mr. Wanga's reality until our Justice Nest paralegals walked into that ward and found him lying frail and trembling on a thin mattress, his eyes speaking of years of pain and a quiet surrender.
They saw a man, who was a grandfather, father, brother and your everyday relative, a human being who deserved dignity, and through our Prison Paralegal Program (Bridging the Justice Gap) , our paralegal Joseph held his trembling hands and promised to fight for him, drafting a revision application based on medical grounds while our Documentation Office compiled his medical reports chronicling every ache and silent cry, and we filed it under a certificate of urgency at the Mombasa High Court, praying and hoping, the court eventually granted him a 3-year probation, ruling that this terminally ill 92-year-old deserved a chance to live in dignity, receiving medical care, surrounded by loved ones.
This is because of YOU, that he walked out of those prison gates, now feeling the sun on his face, finally able to breathe, YOU believed in restorative justice. This has also made it possible for us to also reunite 285 children with their mothers through the Children & Mothers Diversion Program (Mending the Nest) and release 651 inmates through the Prison Paralegal Program. At Justice Nest, we believe in a justice that restores by bridging the justice gap. A terminally ill and 92 year old elderly man, should be able to receive medical care that he desperately needs, we thank YOU for giving an old man freedom. đź’š
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