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Policeman: I was fired for being close to former President Mwai Kibaki

Former Mwai Kibaki Bodyguard David Wambugu complain of neglect. Dec 2, 2016. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

Former President Mwai Kibaki’s bodyguard is accusing a senior police officer of edging him out of work due to his close relationship with his former boss.

David Wambugu, then a General Service Unit officer, was in the same car as the former president on December 3, 2002 when they were involved in a car crash while returning to Nairobi after a campaign tour of Machakos. After Mr Kibaki became president, Mr Wambugu claims that he volunteered to pay his Nairobi Hospital bill via a State House account.

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