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Court frees man wrongly jailed for murder of tourist

Ali Kololo (in handcuffs), a former hotel worker of Kiwaiyu Safari Lodge, being led to court in 2013. [File, Standard]Caption

Justice Stephen Githinji's judgment was short and sweet to Ali Kololo's ears. Kololo's face lit up and he smiled.

For a man who had been behind bars for 11 years, moving around in handcuffs, and wearing kungurus (prison attires), the news sounded like music to his ears.

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