Senior Chief Mbiyu Koinange. [File, Standard]
When colonial authorities mopped up people they classified as undesired elements, they took them to faraway places which were closed to civilisation and travelling to such areas required a special movement permit from the District Commissioner.
One of their favourite detention centres which acted almost like a prison without walls was in Marsabit. Any jail break would entail contending with walking through jungles infested with wild animals as well as intolerable deserts.
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