- Seventeen years ago, Mama Sharon agreed to keep her best friend’s dark secret, a decision she now regrets
- Weeks later, she understood the magnitude of her error when she was arrested, presented in court, and sentenced to life
- Being behind bars has given her time to reflect on the choice that changed her life forever, a sobering reminder that the company you keep can shape your destiny
For 17 years, Peris, known to many as Mama Sharon, has been incarcerated at the Eldoret Women’s Prison, serving time for a decision she now deeply regrets.
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Confined to live within the confines of the highly guarded facility, her story is one of lost direction, difficult consequences, and a hard-earned lesson about the power of influence.
Why was Peris jailed?
Raised in a deeply religious family, Peris once embodied the values of discipline and faith. But her life took a different turn when she relocated to Nairobi in search of new opportunities.
It was there, she says, that she fell into the wrong company, relationships that would ultimately alter the course of her life.
According to Love Beyond Bars Foundation, a close friend named Eleanor, alongside two of her brothers, approached her for financial assistance.
Trusting them, Peris lent them money and even allowed them to use her car. What she did not fully grasp at the time, she says, was the gravity of the situation she was becoming part of.
Authorities later determined that Peris had knowledge of a plot to end someone’s life but failed to report it. That omission would prove costly. In 2009, she was convicted of conspiracy and handed a life sentence.
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Will Peris be released?
Years later, her sentence was reduced to 30 years following an appeal. If all goes to plan, Peris will walk free in 2030, after more than two decades behind bars.
Now reflecting on her journey, she speaks candidly about the choices that led her to prison. Her message is clear and resolute: the company one keeps can shape, or shatter, a lifetime.
“It is important to always pray to God to help you choose the right friends,” she says. “The wrong ones can destroy your future.”
Within the prison walls, Peris has spent years coming to terms with her past while trying to rebuild a sense of purpose.
Nairobi man given death sentence after appeal
While Peris is lucky her life sentence was reduced to 30 years after a successful appeal, Daniel Njihia Miano regrets his decision to contest the earlier sentence
In his quest for justice, he came face-to-face with the harsh reality captured by the US Supreme Court Judge, Oliver Wendell Holmes: that a court is a court of law, not justice.
Having served 13 years of the 14-year jail term that had originally been imposed on him for the offence of robbery, he was handed a death sentence after a spirited fight to overturn the initial verdict failed.
Miano had been charged with robbery with violence contrary to Section 296 (2) of the Penal Code at the Principal Magistrates’ Court in Nyahururu in September 2010.
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