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Court frees a Nakuru Imam from child rape link

NAIROBI: The High Court has released an Imam who had been sentenced to 10 years for allegedly sending a 15-year-old girl to another Sheikh for sex exploitation.

Sheikh Ali Samoja was freed after appeal when judge Maureen Odero ruled that he had nothing to do with the defilement as he innocently sent the girl to get assistance for further studies in Lebanon only for the 'helper' to prey on her.

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