Ex-journalist Moses Dola released after serving a 10-year sentence over wife's murder

The court further directed the prison department to release him immediately unless he is being held on other legal grounds.

The ruling was delivered virtually, during which Dola expressed gratitude to the judge and shared his hope of appearing before him again after completing law school.

Dola, a reporter, had been serving a 10-year sentence for the 2011 killing of his wife, Sarah Wambui Kabiru, a fellow journalist.

He was convicted of manslaughter in 2018 after the court found that Wambui died following a domestic altercation at their home in Nairobi. Dola later surrendered to authorities after initially going into hiding.

During his incarceration, Dola pursued legal studies and is currently enrolled in law school, a move he has described as part of his personal transformation.