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Activist died with a heavy heart
Oscar Foundation programme officer Paul Oulu points to a van used in demonstrations outside the NGO’s offices in Nairobi on Thursday. He was killed a few hours after the interview. Photos/WILLIAM OERI
Posted Friday, March 6 2009 at 20:58
In Summary
- King’ara was hard to find, but little did we know we might never talk to him
It also has large posters of President Kibaki, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and former Internal Security minister John Michuki and is emblazoned with the words “Why the silence now?”
After exchanging contact numbers, we took off at 11.30am towards Kangemi shopping centre to catch up with King’ara. We phoned Oulu as we approached Kangemi and he promised to call us back after talking to King’ara.
Kangemi was calm. There were no matatus on the road.
At about 12.20pm, Kinga’ra called to tell us that he had linked up with Oulu.
“We are coming to Kangemi, tell us where to find you and we will be there in 15 minutes,” said King’ara. After giving our location, we waited.
When they had not shown up by 1pm, we called them.
“Sorry, we’ve had to rush to Kameme for an interview. We will meet you later.” After that it was difficult to reach the two on the phone. At about 6.30pm, they were shot dead on Mamlaka Road.
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