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Go slow, Kenyans tell Matiang'i, remind memory is still fresh of his stint in power

Former Interior CS Fred Matiang'i addressing the press during the unveiling of the new registration plates in GSU Recce Squad Unit headquarters on 30th August 2022. [File, Standard]

Former Interior Cabinet Minister Fred Matiang'i, who reportedly left his World Bank job in Washington to throw his hat in the political ring was quick to condemn the police for the murder of schoolteacher Albert Ojwang.

Matiang'i, a student of literature who was particularly fond of the word "paradigm," was caught by surprise when Kenyans responded by asking: Wait a minute, who's talking now... Then they reminded him of his reign in power when River Yala was turned into a river of blood, with bodies of lifeless Kenyans floating in water-victims of senseless murder orchestrated by the State.

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