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Raila’s Nyayo dirge that evoked 1978 memories

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga addresses mourners during a funeral service for former President Daniel Arap Moi Kabarak University on February 12, 2020. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

On August 26, 1978, the public viewing of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta’s body, who was lying in state at State House, was momentarily halted. The silence that had characterised the occasion was broken.

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