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Woman behind activist’s abortion is ex-convict in Deya case

Relatives Mourn after viewing Human Rights Activist Caroline Mwatha’s Body at City Mortuary on February 12, 2019. [David Gichuru/Standard]

The owner of a clinic where police claim a botched abortion that led to the death of a rights activist was carried out was jailed in 2005 over a scandal involving stolen babies.

Betty Akinyi Nyanya alias Betty Ramoya was convicted for helping register births of “miracle babies” who were stolen from their mothers and handed over to infertile couples in a case against Mary Juma Gilbert Deya.

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