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Baby Sagini suspect handed 40 years in jail

From left: Alex Maina, Pacificah Nyakerario and Rachael Nyakerario await sentencing at Kisii Law Courts. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

It is justice for Baby Sagini after a court in Kisii handed sentences to the three accused who were found guilty of conspiring to cause harm by gouging out the eyes of the three-year-old boy late last year.

The main offender Alex Ochoga, 27, will serve 40 years in prison for gouging out the baby's eyes. The minor's aunt who was the second accused; Pacifica Nyakerario, 51, and the third accused Rael Nyakerario, 80, who is a grandmother to the victim will serve 10 and five years respectively.

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