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The Mavoko Three were kidnapped, tortured, and killed because there was no Sh50 operator protection charge.
According to traders and boda boda drivers in Syokimau, their colleague Josephat Mwenda was shot while evading police officer Fredrick Leliman out of fear of being arrested and being forced to pay a Sh50 bribe.
"You were supposed to pay Sh50 if you are in business or Sh100 after being arrested," a trader at Syokimau Stage told The Nairobian. She requested to remain anonymous.
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