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Couple who buried dolls fined for lying to police

The Couple claimed that their newborn babies had died at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi [The Standard]

A woman and her husband who faked a pregnancy and deaths to secure land in Homa Bay County have been fined Sh50, 000 each.

Mbita Senior Resident Magistrate Japhet Bii on Tuesday found Beryl Akinyi and Benson Onyango guilty of giving false information to police. The two will spend six months in prison if they can't raise the fine.

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