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Aged inmates at Kamiti struggle with rigid life behind bars

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Inmates at the Kamiti Maximum cheer their colleagues during the 2022 Inter-Prisons World Cup match at the facility on November 17, 2022.[Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Peter Ongoro Nyamesa aged 86 years, is an inmate at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison where he is cooling his heels in old age.

The octogenarian was thrown behind bars for defiling a 15-year-old girl, an offence he denies and has appealed against the life sentence.

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