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"Sasa imba wimbo wako" were my father's final words when he visited me in maximum prison

What happened?
I was in class eight back then. My cousin, who I had no idea was a robber, stole a car belonging to the Ambassador of France. At that time we were living in Mountain View Estate, Kangemi. On that material day, he came with his friends and parked the car outside the flat. He told me to change my clothes because we were going on a road trip to Kakamega.

I was very excited although all this time I had no idea that the car we would travel in was stolen. We left home but when we reached Kakamega, we were arrested by flying squad officers and taken to Pangani Police Station. The owner of the car later said that he had not seen me during the robbery, but the police insisted that I be arrested because I was found with the gang.

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