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Why Moi refused to board armoured car during Kenya’s most trying period

Bishop Edward Obote (left), son of former Uganda President Apollo Milton Obote with Former president Daniel Arap Moi press secretary Lee Njiru (right) addressing the press in Nakuru on October 3, 2017. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

Crouched inside his official vehicle, trembling in fear, the 33-year-old journalist dared not peer out of the window.

Surrounded by tanks fitted with anti-aircraft machine guns and grim faced soldiers with fingers on the trigger, Lee Njiru thought he would be shot any moment.

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