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Three decades later, felons responsible for taking lives of innocent Kenyans have never been brought to book

The 27th commemoration of the massacre.

By WAWERU MUGO

WAJIR, KENYA: Slightly more than three years ago, then Wajir West MP Adan Keynan emotionally broke down on the floor of Parliament, when memories of how he lost his brother, uncle and sister to senseless killings in his backyard came flooding back. He had sought protection for the people in the north, where in his own words “the policy of killing people indiscriminately, raping and maiming” appeared the norm.

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