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Matiba ate my pawpaws, says former Nyeri Town MP Kihoro

Politician Kenneth Matiba in Kenol, Murang'a on May 19, 2016 during the official opening of the Kenneth Matiba Eye and Dental Hospital. [Photo: Courtesy]

After a dramatic chase and arrest that had seen the heavily guarded prisoner ferried almost 100km from the city to Naivasha, Kenneth Matiba looked out of his cell and marvelled at the beauty of the pawpaw trees.

Less than 12 hours earlier, the man who had planted the 10 pawpaw trees had been a member of Matiba’s defence team as he tried to fight his legal battles and ensure his prized client and another former Cabinet minister, Charles Rubia, attended the much publicised Saba Saba rally on July 7.

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