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When Mzee Jomo Kenyatta lapsed into a coma

Uhuru Kenyatta, now the President of Kenya, eulogises his father in August 1978. [File, Standard]

Forty-one years ago today Kenya’s founding father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta died.  The circumstances surrounding his death would be shrouded in mystery until someone spilt the beans.

Did you, for instance, know that there was a time when the charismatic Old man lapsed into a coma for three days?

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