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Kenya Wildlife Service officer gets five years in jail for shooting and killing suspected poacher

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A Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officer was on Friday 10 sentenced to 5 years imprisonment by Nakuru High Court after he was found guilty of shooting and killing a suspected poacher at Olpito village in Narok north.

The officer, Lesire Ole Kipees according to court’s statement had gone to deal with an issue of poaching on November 15, 2009 and found the suspect Obuba Osongo who turned violent when he attempted to arrest him.

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