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Author says GSU boss Ben Gethi and other officers had accosted JM Kariuki outside a Nairobi hotel before he disappeared

Angry city residents demonstrate after the discovery of JM Kariuki’s mutilated body five days after his disppearance in 1975. INSET: Former GSU Commandant Ben Gethi. [PHOTO: file/STANDARD]

By KENNETH KWAMA

The GSU commandant who is believed to have lured Josiah Mwangi Kariuki into the hands of his killers in 1975 wielded immense influence in founding President Jomo Kenyatta’s government.

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