Beauty queen Ruth Kamande has claimed that he later boyfriend was HIV positive. While testifying in court, Kamande, the 2016 winner of the Miss Lang’ata Prison beauty pageant told Justice Jessie Lessit that she was forced to stab her man Farid Mohammed after she discovered that he was infected.

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The model also said that she was rushed to Metropolitan Hospital and later KNH, where she was given post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection. 

 She also said that the man had threatened to kill her if she revealed his status following the discovery.  “Farid told me that he would rather kill me and himself than have his status exposed. l stabbed him severally using a kitchen knife, " Kamande said.

 She also said that it was painful to realize that she was dating a man who was infected after sharing many things with him.  . In her ruling, Lessit sentenced her to death following the incident. The judge said that the death sentence was meant to serve as an example to others who take lives of their loved ones because of disagreement.  

The death sentence has elicited mixed reactions from different factions. 

Amnesty International wants the sentence reviewed to grant her justice following the ruling.