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When Martin Shikuku juggled two pounds of flesh in his hands

By Amos Kareithi | Oct. 17, 2022

**Martin Shikuku with James Orengo** **during the Kamukunji rally.** [File, Standard]

One of the most affable debaters in Kenya's Parliament was Martin Shikuku, once a long-serving member for Butere Constituency. In the early 1970s, he also served as an assistant minister in the Vice-President's office and Ministry of Home Affairs. However, being in the government never deterred Shikuku from speaking his mind.

Shikuku had other competencies as well, among them, being able to juggle two pounds of flesh in his hands, long before former Cabinet Minister John Michuki came up with his liver juggling anecdote.

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