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The Case of Pete Ouko
📻 Episode #60
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jun 25, 2018
About This Episode
In 1998, Peter Ouko was taken to Kamiti Maximum Prison in Kenya and was sentenced to death in 2001. His sentence would later be commuted to life imprisonment by Kenya’s former President Mwai Kibaki in 2009. Instead of bitterness, Mr. Ouko decided to forgive his tormentors and make the best of his time in prison,…
The Case
In 1998, Peter Ouko was taken to Kamiti Maximum Prison in Kenya and was sentenced to death in 2001. His sentence would later be commuted to life imprisonment by Kenya’s former President Mwai Kibaki in 2009. Instead of bitterness, Mr. Ouko decided to forgive his tormentors and make the best of his time in prison, becoming the first inmate to graduate with a University of London Diploma in Law while behind bars. He is currently in his final year as an LLB student in the same University. Peter later won his freedom in October 2016 and continues to support and advocate for those individuals who remain on remand. In his dual role as an Ambassador of the African Prisons Project and Founder of the Youth Safety Awareness Initiative, Pete Ouko today champions access to justice for inmates and the indolent in society while using social enterprise to advocate for a crime free world.
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00:07:13“Speaker 1: and Jennie was twenty four, and we had these small kids, Speaker 1: and it just hit me like a thunderstorm. I just Speaker 1: got flomox and just stopped for a minute. And then Speaker 1: I had to recollect myself very first, because for one, Speaker 1: I knew I had left my kids in the house”
00:28:43“Speaker 3: But the problem was, even if you had bribed him, Speaker 3: he was being bribed already by the other side. Speaker 1: By the other side. He could have taken from both sides. Speaker 3: It would have been just the highest bidder. Right, It's Speaker 3: really it's almost like a justice auction.”
00:49:18“Speaker 1: I spent an extra night after release. Did you sleep, No, Speaker 1: I slept. I slept very deeply. I was just thankful. Speaker 1: I listened to a lot of music. I slept late. Speaker 1: I slept at a round three. I just listened to Speaker 1: lots of music because I had my laptop for studies”
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