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'Faceless' robbers get away with crime

The rain was pouring down in the dead of night when Ricky Francis Gikandi was rudely awoken from his slumber by armed robbers, all wearing black balaclavas.

It was February 2013. Hours earlier, he had dozed off on the couch in his lounge in Ruring’u, Nyeri, while watching a football match between Arsenal and Manchester United. A quick glance at the wall clock revealed it was 2am.

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