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No more detention of minor offenders in new bail charter

A suspect pleads with police to set him free after he was found inside a chang'aa den at Flamingo Estate in Nakuru on July 05, 2017. [File Photo/Suleiman Mbatiah]

Suspects accused of petty offences will no longer be held in custody or forced to pay cash bail, according to a new police charter.

The offenders will instead be informed to appear in court, on convenient dates, after being issued with free police bonds.

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