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Top secret: I quietly ferried Kenyatta’s body to State House

By John Oywa | Nov. 24, 2019
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Warrant Officer II (Rtd) Moses Amonde Oyugi at his home in Kanyipir, Kendu Bay. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Former Kenya Air Force Warrant Officer II Moses Amonde Oyugi, saluted as he took a seat in the drivers’ cabin of the military ambulance.

He was tense but he put on a brave face. The day was August 23, 1978 and air of uncertainty hung over Moi Airbase in Eastleigh, Nairobi.

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