Speaking during the graduation ceremony, Ruth Kamande took pride in her latest achievement describing it as a new chapter.

Murder conviction Ruth Kamande who stabbed her boyfriend 25 times is among inmates graduating with a Law degree at Kamiti Maximum Prison.

Speaking during the graduation ceremony on Wednesday, November 27, she took pride in her latest achievement describing it as a new chapter.

"We are here to celebrate this new chapter with a new story which all of you have participated in rewriting. We are not only here to celebrate graduates from the University of London but also graduates who have successfully studied law behind bars.

"Graduands who are well transformed, rehabilitated, and reformed. Graduands whose stories have been rewritten uniquely by all of you," Kamande said while delivering her speech.

In September 2015, during a heated argument, Kamande stabbed Farid Mohamed Halim multiple times, resulting in 25 stab wounds that ultimately led to his death.

Following the incident, she was arrested and charged with murder.

Throughout her trial which garnered significant media attention, Kamande claimed she acted in self-defense, asserting that Halim had attacked her first.

The prosecution argued that the nature of the attack indicated premeditation rather than self-defense.

In 2018, the High Court found her guilty of murder and sentenced her to death.