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Court frees mineworker convicted of running over boss with excavator

Appellate judges rule there's no evidence linking Chege to the killing of Ogoro in 2014.

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by GORDON OSEN

News14 October 2025 - 04:56
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A mine worker who had been jailed for 25 years for killing his supervisor by running over him with an excavator after a work squabble has been freed for lack of sufficient evidence.

Court papers show that David Chege had conflict with his boss Lawrence Ogoro at their Garissa gypsum mining site, leading to the mysterious disappearance and death of Ogoro in 2014.

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