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Man's death in police cell cloaked in mystery

Simon Warui, was found dead inside Mombasa Central Police Station. [Courtesy]

In a modest rented house in Kayole, Nairobi, a heavy silence lingers, broken only by sobs and the confused cries of a three-year-old boy now destined to grow up without a father.

Mary Njeri says her life changed forever last week when her husband, 26-year-old Simon Warui, was found dead inside Mombasa Central Police Station-nearly 500 kilometres from their home.

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