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Why Shikuku's advice to pastoralists caused outrage

Veteran Butere MP Martin Joseph Shikuku riding a bicycle in Nairobi in 1969. [File, Standard]

When a self-declared people's watchman is tasked with protecting Kenyans and their camels from bandits, the results can be hilarious.

Veteran Butere MP Martin Joseph Shikuku found himself in unfamiliar territory when a gang of 30 heavily armed bandits struck a village in Merti, Samburu on January 22, 1970, at noon and stole 91 camels.

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