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Court frees Morara Kebaso, says cyber harrasment charges defective

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Activist Morara Kebaso was attacked by goons at the Bomas of Kenya during a public participation exercise on deputy president Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment motion. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Political activist Morara Kebaso is now a free man after a court has quashed the charges of cyber crime against him for being defective.

While discharging Kebaso, Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina said that the charge is of an offence known in law but the particulars offence don't capture the requisite elements of offence as defined in the Law.

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