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A Kenyan-born US Naval Academy midshipman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a military panel after he was found guilty of various offenses, chief among them sexual assault.
Nixon Keago was handed the sentence last Friday during a court martial at the Washington Navy Yard, where he was convicted of sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and burglary.
The 25-year-old was also dismissed from the service and sentenced to forfeit all pay and allowances, The Capital Gazette reported.
The charges were in connection with four different incidents involving three women who were Naval Academy midshipmen at the time of the assaults.
The court-martial heard that Keago broke into a victim's room while she was asleep and assaulted her. He also attacked two other female midshipmen during a Fleet Week cruise in New York.
He later pressured a victim to lie about the circumstances of the case, which is why he was charged with obstruction of justice. Prosecutors said the last incident happened while Keago was aware that he was facing court-martial.
Last month, government expert witness Reneau Kennedy, a psychologist who studies forensic recidivism, told the panel that Keago has a high likelihood of committing repeat offenses.
The court-martial's seven-member panel convicted Keago in July but the sentencing was delayed for three weeks after he showed Covid-19 symptoms. He has since tested negative.
Keago plans to appeal against his conviction, his sister Nancy Moraa said.
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I agree with you some get sentenced on false claims even when the DNA stated they didn't do it. I'll never be quick to believe what is told coz a family has suffered from this brutality against the dark skin
Come up with a story? Wow! So everyone is lying, including the forensic psychologist who evaluated him? Why was he obstructing justice then, trying to coarse one of the victims to lie? Y'all Kenyan men are trash!!! Everybody lies on y'all. 🙄🙄🙄
@joyce - keep in your mind Kenyan women are more trashy, rotten, and idiotic than the men! Y’all are gold diggers who attend church every Sunday with stuff (clothing, gold earrings, shoes, diamond rings, cats and dogs) that you have stuck all over your body which you stole from men!
Just take a moment to search your own soul and think about what you have called the Kenyan men (trash) before you start insulting your victims!
Surely I hope you are not the month of thus boy who you raised without a man in the house to teach him discipline! You ought to reflect on your stinky attitude and understand why Kenyan men hate y’all Kenyan bitches!! Isn’t this woman’s assertion some bitch!?
You have done so much damage that no one can repay! And now after your damage Scares to the men are all visible, you go ahead and calls us trash! Have you no a liquor of decency and shame? You stick like your rotten p$ssy!!! Gheezzz! gods must be crazy!! for this Joyce to call us trash hoping no one will respond to her madness!!
@joyce - you just insulted a bunch of honorable men! Did your husband dump you!? Are you having a bad day to make such a general statement like a 16 year kid!? How old are you lady? You can’t be older that 10 or so!! Do you have a man in your life or that is why you are uncontrollably leaking like brainlessly kid because of the 😢 hurt!! And don’t tell you misspoke! Get a damn life!
And @joyce - your degrading of our men is all the reason(s) homes are failing apart in the diaspora because of being poorly informed! You are doing everything to run your men out of the homes instead of finding a middle ground to conexist! Wow, I’m shocked and surprised at your insult to Kenyan men! Very sad!!! Sincerely outrageous!!
Mundu muka biti!
@Joice, Do you have a Kenyan Man???
@Joice, Do you have a Kenyan Man???
@joyce get a life.
Please don't say Ya'll Kenyan men. Don't generalize every Man in this. Get your facts right.
Come up with a story? Wow! So everyone is lying, including the forensic psychologist who evaluated him? Why was he obstructing justice then, trying to coarse one of the victims to lie? Y'all Kenyan men are trash!!! Everybody lies on y'all. 🙄🙄🙄
Shit head!! Keep your damn insults to your stupid self @ Joyce! You run the Kenyan men down to a point of being trashy! Get yourself a white boy to restore your damn lost soul!!
Here is a worthy Kenyata for men to beat! As trash as it get insulting all you out there! Oh boy, y’all ate her cereal this morning! She called y’all, “trash”!!! And that is @joyce!!!
When you approach the end of the month @joyce, a lot of biological emotions assume and controlled your normal brain functions! That can lead you to insulting men without knowing you are sick! There are hell lot of good men out there; just as there are women. Where do you stand??
Wewe @joyce - Kiino kii!!
The problem with most Kenyans is the desire to jump the rope when they are caught doing the wrong things, and a member of the family is caught in the fray!
It takes a long time to carry out the court martial proceedings in the US military! The members of the board turn every stone and leave no gravel unmoved to make sure that all involved get justice! They look at the hard facts based evidence before they deliberate on the case.
Making assumptions here will not exonerate this sailor for his poor judgment that have landed him in jail. Court martial do not convict if no crime was committed.
This is a good example for those diaspora Kenyans -and those are home who are conning every body and their mothers with money earned through long hours of hard work, sweat and blood! No wonder we are begging to see our offsprings following the footsteps of our sins to commit bigger sins in places where jurisprudence is well established! Every body is a product of his/ her environment! And charity begins at home - very sobering indeed!!
The conmen/conwomen should be subjected to this kind of justice proceedings so we can root out all the potential thieves, corruption etc to bring back the honor code to all Kenyans! If we had such a system in Kenya, we would not be talking of Ruto being the high prince of corruption! He would carry the true values that his mama fought him at an early age.
If we had such a fair legal process of dealing with crimes in Kenya, you won’t have Kenyans stealing the covid19 money!
You won’t have politicians engaging in corruption, you won’t have the ordinary Kenyans glorifying thieves.
And our country would have been miles ahead without too much worry of borrowing money from China and the west! Burdening generations to come with debt and shame! We have all lost decency, grace and honor!
In a nutshell, let thus young sailor go to jail, serve his time for the crimes he committed and when he get out at 50 years old, he can become the ambassador of good will on issues of sexual harassment!
You can look all you want but DO NOT TOUCH!!!
Washington sio ile Nairobi yetu. Kijana umekwisha! Umejiharibia nafasi nzuri ya kujiendeleza kimaisha ambayo vijana wengi wa Kenya wangetamani kupata. Kubali Yesu akuokoe na akubadilishie maisha kama mimi na kisha akuponye.
This story is not making much sense.Where are other witnesses?
The evidence of the victim ms in a court martial case I’d properly sealed to protect those who have been victimized! You won’t want your name, photo, etc to be displayed here if you have been offended this way; would you?
This story is not making much sense.Where are other witnesses?
So sad.
Stop codemning the guy.He might be released on appeal.
Court martial appeals don’t change that much! No one is condemning the guy! He walked himself right into the den of lions! Actions have consequences!
Guys, ukitaka, omba mkenya mwenzako, or someone closer to home, like an Ethiopian, or West African. It is too easy to be convicted of an innocent gesture in the US. I remember when I was new in the US and first started working, I used to converse freely and socially with ladies during the lunch break, both black and white. It was a new experience for me. But then a Kenyan workmate who had been there longer, warned me about socializing so publicly with the ladies, because they could claim being 'harrassed', at the Workplace, and people around can 'witness'. I did not want to lose my job, so I took the advice seriously. The long and short story is that when an accusation of this nature is made in the US, you are presumed guilty, unless proven innocent. And the best course of action is just not to put yourself in such a situation. It is just not worth the trouble.
There are many mechanisms to resolve issues of sexual harassment and other crimes in the US military.
His attorney may have advised him to take the court martial route which led to the stiff conviction. I would have advised him to take other leser Ucmj remedied to resolve the crimes he is accused of committing.
Unfortunately it is too late now and it is rear for a decision of this magnitude to change much in the appeal court martial process!
A military court martial is a thoroughly conducted process that is careful conducted to determine the level of guilt of the accused person. It is fairly rendered process that seeks pure justice to the victims of a crime and the accused!
The US military takes sexual harassment accusations very seriously! All military personnel are regularly trained on matters of sexual harassment, etc! I’m 110% sure that this sailor had several hours of sexual harassment training!
There has to be a clearly visible proof when a sailor is accused of sexually harassing others within or outside his organization! Because sexual harassment is a very serious and delicate crime that a sailor or any body else can commit!
The panel of seven senior military officers combined had to determine the level of crime(s) committed in this case. They must have taken the job they did extra seriously to decide that this sailor deserved a stiff penalty of 25 years in jail!
So, to any one who want to assume the judgment was rendered on prejudicial terms, please think again and twice! The sailor knew better and he was trained on issues of sexual harassment and other courtesy matters within the military system!
While I feel so sad for him, he deserves to be incarcerated for being a predictor to a numbers of his fellow sailors! Anyone doing this kind of act deserves a jail sentence!
Unfortunately the young soldiers from Kenya took huge opportunities which had been presented to him on a golden platter and through them to the dogs all at the once! Let those from Kenya not cry file here without knowing the actual facts! I’m front Kenya myself, and I honorably served in the military! The opportunities in the military are huge and rewarding!!
Teach your children to be better citizens of the world and to understands the ramifications of violating the oath of office they take to protect, defend and to honor their fellow colleagues either in a the ship or in the real world! Sorry it has come to this for this young sailor!!!
Let this predictor go to jail! He is 25 years old, he knew better and should have done what is morally right! He violated the moral code of ethics, sexual harassment rules and destroyed the victims he raped!
Sure it is hard! But he is paying for his crimes and no body should tell me otherwise! You reap what you sow! His actions have had consequences on his life and to those he abused! It is what it is!!
What we are witnessing here calls for the diaspora parents and others to have a moment of reflection! It is time to sit down and have a heart to heart talk.
We need to have a deep debate with our children in the diaspora to help them understand the simple rules of dealing with your fellow men and women (basic rules of living) ax we used to call them in my hay days!
If a girl tells you no, pleas don’t interpret that to be yes! Sober up, zip up and walk away!! Even in the old days, we never forced ourselves into a woman if she said no!!
No man ever died for not dipping! It is very expensive when you go in there with both your feet, while you have left your 5 common sense in the gutter! You pay such a dear price that you and your family will never forget!
You live in a changed world - the girl have equal rights as you do! In the old days it used to be quite different but now things have totally changed.If she does not want your dirty talk, please stop it and move on! More talking will not alter much!
Guys don’t be dummies because women surely know what they want and even how to get it! If a woman tells you she does not want you, take it that she has a second better plan for her! Just go on and try your net in some other green pastures! You will land yourself in deep trouble if you try to force it on her!
What is really wrong with a lot of our kids who are joining the US military these days!?
I have read several different horror episodes where our best children end up getting in trouble once they join the US military - some are being beaten to death in bars, others are beaten and left for dead for acting stupid within communities they serve and others are plainly damn ignorant of the opportunity at hand!
Diaspora parents - what are we not doing right to prepare our children to the realities of this world! You tell me because now I’m old and can’t keep up with the digital generation!
This is from stars and stripes website
"In a letter Keago wrote, which Moraa sent to The Capital, Keago said he was innocent. As his defense attorneys claimed during the trial, he said the two incidents with the ensign and the midshipman on the Fleet Week cruise were consensual. He claims they only said it was sexual assault so they would not get in trouble.
With the first midshipmen to report, Keago said there was never anything sexual that happened between them. Instead, he said that he saw her drunkenly go back to her room and that he went to see if she was OK.
Moraa said that once the trial is complete, including sentencing, Keago will likely appeal"
We all know that black men in America get harsher sentences in any and every situation as filling up prison beds is a billion dollar industry
The American navy, marines and them are trying to redeem themselves after alot of rapes that were reported and nothing happened....
They are just trying to act like they take action on every reported case.
Guys, guys in the US, pls keep your hands off and possibly eyes from these girls. One will come up with a story and others will follow to back her up. This guy might have done it or not but I have witnessed several innocent guys suffering just because "the witness said".