Can vouch for OP. 

As someone who works with Bank Secrecy Act officers and researches various fraud/scam situations- I have grave concerns.

OP:
How well do you know this person?
Have you physically met this person?
Who is this lawyer? Has the lawyer  been providing you docuмentation of some sort?
How does the lawyer want the monies delivered?

If I were a third party becoming acquainted with this story for the first time I would probably react in much the same way. That being said, I have been interacting with the people involved (Edith, her friend Sila, her brother and more recently her lawyer) in an organic way for several months and their behaviour and mannerisms do not match those of swindlers. This is even more obvious to me now that the majority of funds needed to pay the fine have been raised, not by gullible Westerners, but by Kenyans living in Kenya who know Edith personally, mostly friends of hers from university. I am working with the eminently trustworthy human rights lawyer mentioned in OP to investigate further; in the unlikely event that some kind of giga-scam is afoot, it will come to light in short order and GoFundMe's donor protection policies will come into play.

Charitable donations are never without risk; nonetheless, as someone who has been so invested in this situation the past couple weeks as to lose sleep and fail to meet deadlines at work over it, I genuinely believe that this is a case of a grave injustice that has fallen through the cracks and is worth considerable efforts to remedy.

If I were a third party becoming acquainted with this story for the first time I would probably react in much the same way. That being said, I have been interacting with the people involved (Edith, her friend Sila, her brother and more recently her lawyer) in an organic way for several months and their behaviour and mannerisms do not match those of swindlers. This is even more obvious to me now that the majority of funds needed to pay the fine have been raised, not by gullible Westerners, but by Kenyans living in Kenya who know Edith personally, mostly friends of hers from university. I am working with the eminently trustworthy human rights lawyer mentioned in OP to investigate further; in the unlikely event that some kind of giga-scam is afoot, it will come to light in short order and GoFundMe's donor protection policies will come into play.

Charitable donations are never without risk; nonetheless, as someone who has been so invested in this situation the past couple weeks as to lose sleep and fail to meet deadlines at work over it, I genuinely believe that this is a case of a grave injustice that has fallen through the cracks and is worth considerable efforts to remedy.

You sound like a victim to a scam.

Apparently so!

Yes, I noticed that the man had 2 posts -- both in this thread.

Join the community and be a part of the activity here when you're NOT seeking ca$h, THEN we'll talk about seeking charity from the generous members of CathInfo.

Thank you!

https://thekenyatimes.com/latest-kenya-times-news/attempted-ѕυιcιdє-is-no-longer-a-crime-in-kenya-court-rules/

From the GoFundMe OP posted:

In late March 2025, Edith Musendi, a young woman from Kitale, Kenya, was found guilty of attempted ѕυιcιdє. Attempting ѕυιcιdє is still a crime in Kenya under Section 226 of the Criminal Code and although the country's High Court declared these dispositions of the law unconstitutional earlier this year, the legislative process needed to actually abrogate them has not yet been brought to completion, leaving potential defendants vulnerable

Still listed in the Kenya Penal Code: https://www.kenyalaw.org/lex/actview.xql?actid=CAP.%2063#sec_226
The website appears to be official: https://www.kenyalaw.org/kl/index.php?id=115

I used the Case Search on KenyaLaw and could not find anything using the surname "Musendi", no recent ѕυιcιdє attempt cases either. 

I did find this as well, the user also used the case search and could not find anything: old.reddit.com/r/Kenya/comments/1jrlxvb/scammer_alert_i_hope_i_am_wrong_about_this/

This post is possibly from OP, basically saying the same thing: old.reddit.com/r/Kenya/comments/1jrf5k0/kitale_woman_convicted_of_attempted_ѕυιcιdє/


Twitter thread from January: 
https://xcancel.com/RedMaistre/status/1877797211846627670#m