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Facing cruelty even in death: Deformed baby dies, no one to bury him weeks later

The baby who was abandoned at the facility two years ago has passed on [Kevine Omollo]

A baby boy, born with a deformed face and a cleft palate at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, who died last week after being abandoned by his parents is yet to be buried.

Stephen Baraka experienced more cruelty in his short life than many adults ever will after he was abandoned at the facility on May 12, 2016 while just six months old.

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