1982 coup anniversary: Untold stories of Moi, Uhuru, Ruto, Biwott and Magufuli

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Captain Charles Wachira has been in the cockpit of military and civilian helicopters for nearly 40 years.
Ruto is among the jovial guests to fly- and quite generous too.

Wachira recalls some strange men came calling at Wilson airport. They invoked Biwott’s name telling him they wanted him to accompany them to an undisclosed location. But he resisted. They left. Then a phone call came through. It was Biwott on the other end of the line. Apparently, some days prior, Wachira had flown Biwott and he was keen about a reminder about that day’s itinerary. He was sort of building an alibi. It still puzzles Wachira to this day from where Biwott was calling from. He was supposed to be in police cells that have no fixed lines! Biwott and Oyugi protested their innocence. Oyugi died in 1992. In September 2020, his family claimed Oyugi was poisoned. They said one of UK’s top neurosurgeon who treated him in his last days linked Oyugi’s strange illness to a poison common with Soviet-era spies. Biwott had earlier died in June 2020.

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1982 coup anniversary: Untold stories of Moi, Uhuru, Ruto, Biwott and Magufuli

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