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Reviewing our justice system long overdue

When a chicken thief is presented to a Kenyan court, justice is swift and merciless. The poor fellow will find himself in Kamiti Maximum Prison counting the stripes on his prison garb.

If a mobile phone thief is caught in the streets of Nairobi, mob justice does quick work on him and he is left for dead. However, the thieves who steal billions of shillings face another form of justice in Kenya.

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