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Who is the real mother? DNA to test paternity of abducted child

By Kennedy Gachuhi | 3yrs ago
DNA test is necessary to help them establish who the biological mother of the child is. [iStockphoto

Police want to establish the real parents of a child, who was rescued from suspected abductors in Homa Bay county.

It is alleged the child was sold for Sh80,000 at Keroka town in Nyamira County before he was driven to Nyaburi village in Karachuonyo location.

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