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Kenya yet to expressly abolish death sentence

By Alex Kiprotich

When High Court judge Mohammed Warsame sentenced to death police inspector Dickson Munene and his friend Alex Chepkonga for the murder of James Ng’ang’a, the defence faulted the ruling. It cited a recent precedent where the Court of Appeal upheld a death sentence saying it is not the only punishment for murder convicts.

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