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Couple calls it quits after 63 years over pay out

Nyeri, Kenya: It was jubilation for many Mau Mau veterans when, in 2013, they won a landmark ruling against the former British colonial government that led to them receive compensation for atrocities suffered at the time.

However, for an elderly couple in Kibutio village, Mukurwe-ini, what should have been a change of fortune for them has turned into a death sentence for their 63-year-old marriage.

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