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Chiefs testify in Westgate suspects case

Kenya: Chiefs in Mandera County have disowned documents used by Westgate Mall terrorism suspects to obtain Kenyan national identification cards.

Bulla Shafshafey Location Chief Ali Hassan and his assistant Ibrahim Maati told acting Chief Magistrate Daniel Ochenja that the minutes of a joint vetting exercise involving 12 chiefs in Mandera, which authorised the issuing of IDs to 129 youths, were not genuine.

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