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Reading the Minister's remains: Investigations into the death of the Honourable Minister John Robert Ouko in Kenya, February, 1990! BY DAVID WILLIAM COHEN | Thureday evening, Febratry 15,190, te Tce of Rm rai and levi sere ‘sedan atoning announcement “The family ofthe mister fo frig in ac tnteratinal ooperston, Dr. et Ou bat ‘reported tthe mnie is Ko ome Gn ‘reer Kena) lt Toca, Febroary 13 ‘he morn, and as hot ben bn ce. Cul 1. uo please contact hs amy othe eset fle salon Any member ofthe pbc who ‘ght hve an informacion a 0 the miner’ ‘theeabous shoul epor tthe ners pie thon Fe, eran 16 1998 he ries ed additonal natements, Inclding one formally ‘sounding te dents of bs mii feign as 1 is with profound sorrow tha Ihave to ounce the death of the Honoorble Rot cee hance cing Ree recor Sokingre ameter cw Suse aoe Seite Soeaiieegtee eter tear aetna ema men eit 1s om belt One's corse {ive major (and sl ether lease) nul nto Oaks ‘leach the feat having been Kenys CID and Special ranch invipton begun withthe dscovery of Ochs s) freiaent Mo conaiated adi ‘Seino uy Cue Soins of Cot ‘Sf Appeals Yrs John Brane Gihere to ivetgat Minter Out's appenrance and then death Bat hen, ‘caNovembe 26, 1981 ser taking ence om 73 ever ver 246 dayeof inquiry (meeting peniy sd Feported extensively In the pers, bat i epor never {ela Ina “acl toa of he wth he ices ‘Coomisaton wes dled by the Peter, wht called fo intenive police nvesistins leg to nic twere ordered rested, alone Incline or of wine fin phe wpby the pois nthe et dys ofthe Ghee eine. ‘nlor oul othe Os fly (he sedate fray, ‘ot the clan) who was thet constant eee betire {he Gichert Common. The Oak fry come est ‘tes recopnned by Commision members spat of ‘seat campuign ite sod warming the ‘Only Anguka was ately sent wo ial on cates of murder. Henkin Oya ded Aug 1993, er ving been seemed of the charger Nichole wot as as ‘ltd chares an tering nom a an etd mem ber o Kenya's Seventh Prtoment, sil member onthe toreing part) KANU' side ofthc howe Andon a mam [ero oceons fom 1992 the present hee hav eos fora eh iy. “The hookhat proposed here not ath ingu, bat tater 4 ody ofthe naar of sch muy. Uipahae [ata Te Deah of The Honarae Mone abo Oto ot ‘Kano, Pabrory 1990s explore te pera of ube {nd ‘oficial Helge concerning the det, and ree. ‘Gent Inguies nothe murder ofthe Mine, incding ‘eriting a examination of pepe one panei coe the cha forthe moment sin duceing te paces fears, dacourer nd thetier (ested win Rene) {rough which Kenyan net connate, operational, ‘produce, cmpechend pec nd thor dine ‘eis of pole! ierex, concning frm some ofthe {igh at Ded Pain ced ver in Keng tence government corruption im Tay, ome catcher & {imps of wel-saedrananntinalo trations rm xp! fel fel lors ea ok a he Nas ‘owt wich a cay ag erated te noson the Reape an uy sion aint and the wrk fateful an ‘ito arog ange on mich the Ou saga as ence ‘Ovko, tighened prey, dtoged om He hore tate and broken ng byte by» bul high ean onda crn owed torte te of ‘ortar and ing to Got Alla" the prone corpo ine fret alts cht rnd Sa = ‘Sela tc rpg ofthe tte ba the or es ‘Tbe wate nga Intending othe deeper tory of hie pesinenon omissions that, not tate trate ot pola! mur ‘tm an portant union the ay the “ein of inguin formalin fel necripon fered ing plc knowledge, vn he stance between “ele slog and "consent * Tone in Kenya, South Ach the nied Stats jp, pd France wb demand “f Sal ie ath quale fh red ner. ‘tod, verted, baw, ‘nawged i, Bint, costracing the Brod tnd terme of ‘Signet an, second: ering ohne ers How orb, {lowing gocston ped ty Tin Burk, do acai communes gathered sound con Spirals, dneppearances,asesiatons, or ‘argo ‘acy apts pow {he pets ofthat ath campeing oes tio fish common then oe eth vey contradiction tmp ach ngs for ward, x demanding community forsng int eeaeece & Gechers Commision Incr, oth observer dnd ‘ration In ths further intervention into the Oak ‘node: stable nto the gbe! phenomenon of “ver ‘Sed ngus sucha the vegans ia fhe ea ‘ety eth rt iene plc ape fa ose ‘antey deel fe hinetenvetny eat ‘St non gait he tate “The Oube neil indeed py epic kof Rather they alexa Seay Sera concern ncaa coach, ance, rane lent, nl sofort Tera ee SStocuchltun® want ts ere be pusceat tad ‘inthe play of dae a chy etre paces of ‘Tanapng tate adrnrns develope! poet {ign inves conslatins, comer age, ark ‘Scum and forth Oe sary rare byt foes Into of compe, but one ie surly sepeied by the Nip conventonaion and atraied, opto, ‘eeecee Groagh wach mew in powes a Kenpa bert ‘cop to extend thee power and smasher wea Bot cies ay eae scr of ems Ac provide an tnequaled tet ow Kenys sie for ‘ample, onthe operons of houschol en the et [Epa ne mtn he schedales ofthe days the weeks, ‘rhe pine of fa nd cached works he ‘py of sear and ko he cone Of Si ndship ad alec; ade mariage ad rat ‘That ar he meanings to be deer fom Minntet Ox

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