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Malicious prosecution is crime, nothing else

By Apollo Mboya

Kenya: Malicious prosecution is treated as a common law civil wrong, which unfairly causes someone to suffer loss or harm. The elements of malicious prosecution include intentionally (and maliciously) instituting and pursuing (or causing to be instituted or pursued) a legal action (civil or criminal) that is brought without probable cause and dismissed in favour of the victim.

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