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Family holds private ceremony for late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta

There were no bells tolling and the prayer sanctuary was virtually deserted for the first time in 42 years. And like a ship sailing away in a dark, misty night, August 22 passed away without any pomp at Nairobi's Holy Family Basilica on Saturday.

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