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My encounter with crying president and his white handkerchief

Then Standard reporter Maina Muiruri interviews former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda in 1994 in Nairobi. [File]

When former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda died on Thursday, it stirred memories of one of my most outstanding feature stories I wrote in my 19-year journalism career at The Standard.

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