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Clemency can't deal with judicial excesses

When Kenyans celebrated 52 years of self-rule on 12 December, 2015, some 66 prisoners benefited from presidential pardon.

The number of pardons was quite dismal compared to the 23,808 petitions received for presidential pardon between July 2013 and June 2014.

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