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Police officer handed 30 years in jail for killing politician over beer

Opening of beer cap with the gas output. [Getty Images]

A police officer who shot and killed a politician in Kiambu for refusing to buy him beer has been jailed for 30 years.

Justice Mary Kasango found Edward Munjalu, an officer based at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters, guilty of the murder of William Mwangi Kimani on August 27, 2017, at Club U-Turn in Limuru town.

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