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Mother in custody after baby sold for Sh80,000

A police officer with baby Consolata Wambui after her rescue. [Mkamburi Mwawasi, Standard]

In a strange twist of events, the mother of the eight-month-old baby who disappeared in Mombasa has been arrested after the infant was recovered.

After days of frantic search that was backed by thousands of messages on social media, police investigation led them to a village miles away, where they found baby Consolata Wambu.

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