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Appeal judges spare man who killed kin from death sentence

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A death sentence slapped on an 81-year-old man for killing his younger brother who referred to him as a dog has been lifted.

Appellate judges David Maraga, Daniel Musinga and Gatembu Kairu instead sentenced Henry Okello Dambe to five years in jail after reducing the murder charge to manslaughter.

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