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Police have no right to freeze accounts, says Paul Muite

Mombasa, Kenya - Police have no legal powers to freeze the accounts of any organisation before demonstrating beyond reasonable doubt that it supports terrorism, a senior lawyer has said.

 

Senior Counsel Paul Muite told a Mombasa court that the Inspector General of Police (IG) had acted contrary to the law.

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