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Desperate families write to Uhuru over kin held in South Sudan

Esther Wanjiku Gathoni mother of one of the victims arrested

Four families whose relatives are serving a 72-year sentence each in South Sudan have written to President Kenyatta to help secure their release.

The four Kenyans were sentenced over alleged plot to defraud the government in Juba. The families started a vigil outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nairobi yesterday as part of efforts to have their case heard.

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