Others including Kemp were convicted of abusing the toddler.
Nia would have turned 10 this year and be in her final year of primary school.
Had she been surrounded by those who would love and protect her we would today not associate her name with tragedy.
But instead she was thrust into an abusive environment and those who should have kept her safe failed terribly.
One of those, Kuka, faces release from prison just five years into her nine-year sentence.
She was denied parole after two-and-a-half years in 2011, and again a year ago - the
Parole Board saying she still posed an undue risk to the safety of the community.
This time a psychological report assessed her as being at a low risk of reoffending and the board said she had made "significant progress" over the latter half of her sentence.
Forgive my mathematics, but the latter half of her nine-year sentence has only just begun.
In a nation struggling with the scourge of child abuse, why are offenders' sentences seemingly not worth the paper they're written on?
I agree rehabilitation should be a major part of incarceration, but shouldn't punishment also be a key consideration?
Otherwise, what message does that send?
