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Relatives of the Kenyans jailed in South Sudan accompanied by human rights activists hold vigil at Foreign Affairs Harambee House in March 2017. Four Kenyan were sentenced to life imprisonment by High Court of South Sudan after being charged with financial fraud in 2016. [File, Standard]
South Sudan’s top most judges have questioned the rationale behind jailing four Kenyans convicted of simple fraud for life.
In their decision delivered two weeks ago and received by the families of Ravi Ghaghda, Anthony Mwadime, Anthony Keya and Boniface Muriuki, three appellate judges separately censured their juniors for imposing unreasonably harsh sentence on the accused.
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