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Man framed by girlfriend in theft case freed after two years in jail

The High Court has released a man who has been in jail since 2013 after it found he had been framed for theft.

Sammy Waithaka had been accused by his girlfriend Mary Rimi of stealing her handbag during a confrontation in a bar, prompting his arrest and subsequent conviction by a Kerugoya court.

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