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Former soldiers facing life sentences denied bond

Twenty six ex-soldiers condemned to life imprisonment by the court martial at Mtongwe naval base in Mombasa left the High Court in Mombasa crestfallen after their application to be freed on bond as they prepare to appeal the stringent sentences bore no fruit.

Some of the former soldiers, including an officer Lieutenant Jeffery Pepela, who have been held at Shimo la Tewa Prison, clasped their heads in shock, as Justice Martin Muya rejected their bid for freedom.

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