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BBC denies defaming Senator Wetang'ula on BAT expose'

International broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has denied tarnishing Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang'ula's name in its expose on British American Tobacco (BAT) bribery allegations.

In its response filed before High Court judge Roselyn Aburili, BBC through its lawyers from Hamilton, Harrison and Mathews advocates stated that it had given Wetangula a fair chance to rebut the claims before the programme dubbed Panorama went on air.

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