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Kenyan inmate in China uses letters to keep kin’s hopes alive

Mr Peter Amisi Obonyo who is serving a life sentence in China where he was convicted for drug trafficking. [Photo by Benjamin Sakwa/ Standard]

Dorcas Okwisa keeps checking her mailbox with the hope that her son Peter Amisi has sent another letter.

This has been the mode of communication between the widow and her third child who is serving life sentence in China for drug trafficking.

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