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Mwakenya founder Cyrus Muraguri passes on after long illness

A portrait of the late Cyrus Muraguri Gitari who is among those detained without trial and tortured at the infamous Nyayo House torture chambers during the clamor for multiparty democracy.

KIRINYAGA COUNTY: One of the first men to be linked to the underground Mwakenya organisation of the 1980s during the single political party era, Cyrus Muraguri Gitari, has passed on.

Muraguri, 79 died at the Kenyatta National Hospital where he had been admitted for a long time. Gitari was incarcerated at the infamous Nyayo House torture chambers for his involvement in Mwakenya in the 80s.

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