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When Meshack Kipkoech Kosgey the son of Bishop Jackson Kosgey appeared before Principal Magistrate Barnard Mararo for a case where he is charged with hitting and killing a cyclist, it seems the cameras was his number one enemy.
He tried all means to hide his face with his mother offering a Sheet and a relative assisted him to tie the sheet on his face.
He was given ten days to pay sh954, 000 awards on loss and damages to an accident victim.
He had been sentenced to seven days civil jail by Nakuru Principal Magistrate on December 28 but after a consent with the victim’s family he was released and ordered to pay the full amount.
