43 year-old man released after spending six days in jail for stealing sh40 cabbage

43 year old Robert Kihara outside Eldama Ravine Gk prison in Baringo county after he was released on June 27,2017.Kihara had been convicted for two months for stealing a cabbage from Mercy Mission Hospital and could not raise a fine of Sh 10,000. Journalist Saddique Shaban and other well wishers assisted him .Photo:Kipsang Joseph/Standard

A man who was sentenced to two months in jail for stealing a cabbage worth Sh40 from a mission hospital was released yesterday.

Robert Kihara, who pleaded guilty to the charge of theft, was sentenced to two months imprisonment after he failed to raise a fine of Sh10,000.