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Kenneth Matiba’s firsts… and much more

Kenneth Matiba addresses supporters in 1993 after filing a presidential petition in the High Court, Nairobi. [Archive/Standard]

Businessman and hero of Kenya’s second liberation Kenneth Matiba was a restless bolt of energy scaling the heights of achievement in whatever he focused his energies on.

Matiba, who died on Sunday at Karen Hospital. Nairobi, precociously trod where a few dared.

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