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Richard Leakey's wars of beetles and skins at Museum of Kenya

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When late President Daniel Moi had a conversation with Dr Richard Leakey. [File, Standard]

Dr Richard Leakey who at one time was appointed to reform the country's public service and turn around the economy in 1999 had a special way with of dealing with friends turned foe.

When one of Leakey's deputy directors resigned from his post, his mercurial boss plotted how to get his skin, quite literally. Although Issa Aggundey had resigned as deputy director and returned to work in his mammals skins laboratory, he was not yet out of Leakey's hair.

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