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Light Shines For Kenyan Dad Caught Smuggling Baby Out of Hospital

Boniface Murage Wangechi has been given a suspended three-month sentence after pleading guilty to attempting to smuggle his new-born baby from Kenyatta National Hospital to avoid paying a U.S.$560 bill. A well-wisher settled the bill for the 22-year-old father, while Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, offered him a job  at the city's environment department.

Richard Munguti/Daily Nation

Benson Murage tried to smuggle his one-month-old baby from Kenyatta National Hospital using the bag pictured above.

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