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Appeals court allows life sentence for soldiers who deserted duty

KDF soldiers patrol Ol-Moran area in Laikipia County on September 12, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The Court of Appeal has quashed the decision by the High Court to release 25 ex-soldiers who were serving life imprisonment for deserting duty in 2007.

In a judgment read on Friday, the appellate judges AK Murgor, Justice Mumbi Ngugi, and Justice George Odunga said they found glaring deficiencies in the High Court verdict, terming it null.

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