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Hope for freedom dashed by debate on Uhuru's powers

The constitution stipulates a president serving temporary incumbency does not have the power to pardon prisoners

Prisoners who were hoping to be released during 2017 Mashujaa day celebrations could have become the latest casualties of the ongoing political crisis.

The inmates' fate appears to be sealed by a raging disagreement on powers that President Uhuru Kenyatta can exercise and whether he is serving on temporary incumbency or not.

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