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Day GG Kariuki watched Moi through binoculars from house’s balcony

GG Kariuki was forced to follow former President Moi’s meeting in Nyahururu through binoculars from his home after they fell out over the 1982 coup. [File, Standard]

Many are the stories that shall be told about former Cabinet minister and Laikipia Senator GG Kariuki. People will talk about how short he was, but they may not tell you that his thin frame was a lethal 'weapon' because of his karate skills.

They may not even know that he had a black belt in the art and that even at 70, he could easily stand on one leg and raise the other close to his face.

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