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No female soldier was involved in the 1982 coup, says retired soldier

Esther Jombo recalls how in her own small ways and capacity, and working from behind the scenes, helped Kenya Army crush the 1982 coup.

The (Rtd) Lt-Col was a commanding officer of a nondescript but important unit when the abortive coup was staged in the wee hours of the night by a section of reneged Kenya Air Force (KAF) soldiers.

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