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How Mukuru TV enthusiast disrupted Kibaki’s speech

By Njoroge Kinuthia

The awkward moment when President Kibaki was plunged into semi-darkness while delivering a speech during an international conference at KICC while on live TV is still vivid in our minds. Happens that the darkness was triggered by a man trying to erect a TV aerial in Mukuru slums, perhaps to watch the President’s speech better. Kenya Power says, the aerial fell and short-circuited high voltage cables above.

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