Man pays 40 camels worth Sh4.4 million to settle murder case

Participants at a past Camel peace caravan. A man paid 40 camels equivalent to Sh4.4 million to settle murder case in an emerging trend that has elicited divided opinion. [File, Standard]

Forty camels worth Sh4 million were what Irshad Abdi Abdullahi paid for the murder of Hassan Barre, a father of two.

The accused fought with Mr Barre, his village mate, for an unknown reason in 2012, and the latter was killed during the brawl.