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KDF soldier found guilty of attempted murder released

Kenya Defence Forces [Photo: Courtesy]

A soldier sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to kill his colleague at a military camp is now a free man.

Mathew Kipkemboi Maiyo, who was serving at the Kenya Defence Forces as a senior private officer, walked to liberty after Justice Luka Kimaru found that the Court Martial erred in its findings.

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