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The day a drunk cop Ben Gethi harassed Raila Odinga

Raila Odinga under arrest after 1982 coup attempt.

He wore the dubious distinction of having been the last person to see popular politician JM Kariuki alive.

Ben Gethi, then the Commandant of the General Service Unit, was also implicated in the 1975 murder of JM whose mutilated body was found in Ngong Forest in March the same year.

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