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Ex-soldier gets Sh0.8 million for wrongful detention

A High Court in Nakuru has awarded a former Kenya Defence Forces KDF) soldier Sh800,000 for unlawful detention at Lanet Barracks, for stealing biscuits worth Sh10  and a bottle of water in 2008.

Joseph Karobia Kinyua, had demanded Sh77.8 million for wrongful detention and being send to jail for five years.

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