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When James Kanyotu chased away a spy with bogus JM intelligence

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Former head of Special Branch James Kanyotu. [File, Standard]

There are times when the victim is vilified after death so that killers can escape scrutiny.

Such tricks were deployed in March 1975 after the flamboyant Nyandarua South MP JM Kariuki was assassinated.

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