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James Kanyotu: Kenya's most elusive, dreaded spy chief

James Konyotu [Photo: Courtesy]

He was Kenya’s longest-serving spy, the most elusive and dreaded. He was part of all major political events that shaped Kenya, for better or worse. But for the 27 years he headed the Directorate of Security Intelligence (‘Special Branch’), the public never knew how burly James Kanyotu looked - from 1965 until his retirement in 1991.

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