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70 per cent of crimes at Malindi law courts are sexual defilement and rape

Malindi court orderlies samples two witness Protection Boxes in Kilifi County. [Nehemiah Okwembah/Standard].

Seven in every ten cases at Malindi law courts are either about rape or defilement, a magistrate has revealed.

Malindi Chief Magistrate Julie Oseko said two to three rape and defilement cases are handled at the courts every day.

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