Of indecent acts, shoplifting, drunk and disorderly: The petty crimes landing Kenyans in the dock
Diversion as a means of turning minor offences into restorative solutions.
When every petty infraction is funnelled into a full criminal trial, courts clog, prisons swell and ordinary people carry lifelong criminal convictions and records for momentary lapses.
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