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Officers deny allegation of minor's death while locked in police cells

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Zipporah Mutheu, a small-scale business lady in Kambu township, Makueni whose child, a one and half-year-old baby died inside Kambu police station cells. [Stephen Nzioka, Standard]

The alleged death of a minor in a police cells in Makueni County has taken a new twist after officers denied knowledge of the incident.

Zipporah Mutheu Muteti claims her one-and-a-half-year old son succumbed to injuries last Wednesday at Kambu Police Post here she was being held over a debt dispute with one of her clients. The woman operates a shop at Kambu market.

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