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Judge: No sense in in jailing parents over child upkeep

Justice Reuben Nyakundi. [File, Standard]

A High Court judge has ruled that sending to jail errant parents in child maintenance cases is not the best option, arguing it hurts the minors.

Justice Reuben Nyakundi, in a landmark judgment, says that sending a parent to civil jail for failing to shoulder his or her responsibility, does not right a wrong.

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