Four Kenyans jailed for 72 years in South Sudan are yet to be released more than a month after a Court of Appeal quashed the sentence. Families of the four held protests in Nairobi on Tuesday demanding the government's intervention for their release. They petitioned Parliament, the Office of the President, the Foreign Affairs ministry and the South Sudanese embassy in Nairobi to facilitate their return. More on this: Retrial ordered for four Kenyans jailed 72 years in South Sudan"Lawyer Kiir Chol who is representing them has been barred from practising just to frustrate us," Ghaghda's sister Tejal told journalists. Charles Nyambegi, an administration officer at the Foreign Affairs ministry, received the families' petition.

Source: The Star May 30, 2017 16:41 UTC