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Lawyer who defended soldiers in 1982 attempted coup dead

Coup architect, Hezekiah Ochuka, was condemned to death.

One of the lawyers who defended soldiers implicated in the 1982 attempted coup has died.

Until his death, Martin Otieno Opiacha was a distinguished legal brain in the land. His nephew John Oketch said Opiacha was diagnosed with lymphoma  - a form of cancer and died while undergoing treatment at Coptic Hospital. He was 68.

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