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Kenyan teacher handed 20 years in jail for preaching hate

Samwel Wanjala Wabwile alias Salim Muhamed, a terror suspect charged with radicalising children, at the Mombasa Law Courts yesterday. [Photo/Kelvin Karani]

A court has sentenced an imam to 20 years in prison for propagating extremist ideas and promoting hatred of non-Muslims.

The landmark judgement stunned Samuel Wanjala Wabwile, a former Christian who converted to Islam after expulsion from Maseno University in 2011.

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