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One warm night in September 1999, a group of police officers stormed into a secret meeting at a home in Kaplelmet village on the outskirts of Nandi Hills town, but did not make arrests.
Those in attendance scampered for safety, leaving the chief guest, then fiery Cherangany MP Kipruto Arap Kirwa, without anywhere to go. He then hid in the tea plantation before some villagers regrouped and escorted him on foot several kilometres away from Nandi Hills town.
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