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Yes, it's time to repeal criminal defamation law

 

If defamation was not a criminal offence, Albert Ojwang’s unlawful death while in police custody would probably not have happened. The complaint against his posts on social media was lodged by Deputy Inspector General of Police, Eliud Lagat, for what he claimed was ‘his name being tarnished’.

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