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Kilifi DG Gideon Saburi freed in Covid-19 exposure case

Gideon Saburi was charged with exposing Kenyans to Covid-19. [File, Standard]

Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi has been freed of charges, which stated he exposed Kenyans to Covid-19 early last year.

The Mombasa Law Courts ruled on Thursday, April 8 that at the time Saburi was being arraigned in March 2020, there was no law he could be charged under.

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