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Policeman who shot Dedan Kimathi lived as a pariah

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Dedan Kimathi Waciuri was hanged and buried in an unmarked grave at Kamiti Maximum Prison in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

For a handsome bounty of Sh80,000, a police officer shot his way to the wrong side of history.

In the process, he condemned his family and children to a life of misery. Although the subject of his brutality was later hanged, Ndirangu Mau earned the title of the man who betrayed Kenya's aspiration for independence.

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