It takes approximately one week for an average convict to decide to conduct a robbery.
This is according to a report by The Death Penalty Project titled Living With a Death Penalty in Kenya Prisons, released today.
The report says that the average convict made a reasonably quick decision to take part in a robbery suggested by their peers.
"For those who said that committing the offence was someone else’s idea and asked how long they took to decide if they will be onboard, 76 per cent (more than three-quarters), decided within a week," it found.
This, the report said, was perhaps with limited deliberation.
Only eight per cent decided immediately.
The report found that many convicts' decisions to commit offenses, especially robberies, were actually highly influenced by others.
"Almost two-thirds of participants who had been convicted of robbery (64%) committed the crime with at least one other person," the report said.
Furthermore, only 16 per cent of convicts said they alone had made the decision to commit the robbery.
"More than half said it had been someone else’s decision while others said it was a joint decision," the report shows.