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Veteran politician Kenneth Matiba returns home to hero's welcome

By Boniface Gikandi | 10yrs ago

Veteran politician Kenneth Matiba addresses residents at the Kenneth Matiba Eye and Dental Hospital yesterday in Maragwa, Murang'a after he commissioned the health facility established by the county government. [PHOTO: BONIFACE GIKANDI/Standard]

Veteran politician Kenneth Matiba received a hero's welcome in his native Murang'a County yesterday.

The former Kiharu MP addressed his first public meeting 26 years after he left active politics.

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