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How prized Mzee Kenyatta jackets turned around tailor’s fortune

Dhanji Liladhar Parmar displaying one his trophy that he was awarded during 20th Jamhuri day Celebration in 1983,at his home in Nakuru on 31 May ,2018 [Harun Wathari, Standard]

Dhanji Liladhar Parmar’s name may not ring a bell to many but to residents of Nakuru town and those familiar with the life and times of the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, his is a household name.

Mr Parmar is not a politician nor a former freedom fighter, but his life was entangled with that of Kenyatta. In early 1968, then in his 20s, he was a little-known tailor operating from his father’s shop on Kenyatta Avenue in Nakuru town.

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