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Dreaded man of Nyayo House torture chambers

By Kipchumba Some

The name James Opiyo evokes bad memories for hundreds of victims of Nyayo House Torture chambers. He was the person in charge of a unit within the special branch charged with extracting information from political dissenters in the 1980s.

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