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Out of court deals and intimidation affecting rape cases

Families of victims negotiating out-of-court settlements and intimidation of witnesses are to blame for the low conviction rate in defilement cases.

Only two of the 153 cases have seen offenders jailed at the Kisumu Law Courts over seven years.

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