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Man jailed for 30 years after blinding househelp with acid for 'refusing' him

Fatuma Kaingu being helped to walk from the court by friends and relatives outside the Mombasa Law Court. ([Kelvin Karani, Standard]

When Fatuma Kaingu was approached by her friend a few years ago for a job, she did not know she was being courted into permanent blindness.

Fatuma was offered a job as a househelp in Tudor, Mombasa county

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