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Tibim show, guns and violence synonymous to first time Opposition MP

NASA leaders from left Johnstone Muthama, James Orengo and Babu Owino led their supporters in a demonstration along Nairobi Street demanding the removal of IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba and reforms before the repeat election [photo:Boniface Okendo,Standard]

One gloomy afternoon in 2015, a fired up lone preacher, or so he acted, surrounded by a band of loyalists took to the space between the Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library and the iconic Hyslop Building inside the University of Nairobi main campus.

A spate of mysterious deaths had hit the university and the make-believe preacher wanted to intercede on behalf of students. A phony sign language interpreter besides him, the lanky preacher with Bible on one hand swung this way and that way, dangerously wagging his forefinger.

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