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I hated my life as a grave robber

Ex-grave robber John Kibera during the interview. [Photo: James Mwangi/STANDARD]

 Why did you turn to crime at such a tender age?

My parents separated while I was a young boy and my mother remarried and relocated to Nakuru. There, my stepfather mistreated me and denied me education. I had to fend for myself when I was still in class three. I was the first born in a family of five.

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