Kwale: man jailed for life for sexually assaulting seven-year-old Grade Two pupil

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Kwale: man jailed for life for sexually assaulting seven-year-old Grade Two pupil

A Msambweni court sentences Athman Juma, 25, to life for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old Grade Two boy in Lunga-Lunga, citing lasting trauma to the child

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