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Military gives Moi befitting send-off

Military officers placing grave cover during former president Daniel Arap Moi’s burial ceremony at Kabarak in Nakuru County. [Harun Wathari/Standard]

Daniel arap Moi was buried yesterday at his Kabarak home in accordance with military traditions and honours accorded to a former Commander-in-Chief.

The military played the Last Post, a haunting song that was first played in 1862 during the American Civil war. Ten pallbearers with the rank of colonel escorted Moi’s body to his grave.

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