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Questions over death of child in police cells over Sh465 debt row

Businesswoman Zipporah Mutheu. She says her child died inside Kambu police cells. [Stephen Nzioka, Standard]

An altercation between two women over a Sh465 debt has been linked to the death of a child aged one-and-a-half years old in Kambu Township, Makueni County.

Zipporah Mutheu, the child's mother and a small-scale business lady in Kambu township, said she had lent goods to a customer two months ago but the customer defaulted on the payment.

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