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Ruiru woman who sold killer brew sentenced to death

Old Town Chief Abdulrazak Ahmed carries away illicit brews (Kanagara) bottles at Allidina Slums in Mombasa County in July 2015. A woman who sold toxic brew that killed eight people in Ruiru has been sentenced to death. (PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/ STANDARD)

A woman who sold toxic brew that killed eight people has been sentenced to death.

Lady Justice Jessie Lessit found Jennifer Wanjiru Ng'ang'a guilty of killing five of the eight people who died after consuming the brew in Ruiru five years ago.

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