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Tale of strange calls, threats that killed TJRC report on land

TJRC: President Uhuru (right), receives the report from Betwel Kiplagat at State House.

A leaked draft, a friendly call from the Office of the President, a frenzy of backpedaling commissioners and a fist fight formed the basis for 2013 alteration of the land chapter of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) final report.

A new book by a former commissioner, Prof Ron Slye, lays bare the intrigues that preceded the production of the final report in May 2013, barely two months after President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in.

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