-Although though election violence was not new, 2007 was the deadliest year on record for the nation. More than 600,000 Kenyans were forcibly evicted from their homes, and more than 1,300 Kenyans lost their lives. During the infamous 2007 general elections, Kenyans focused their ire on one individual in particular: Samuel Kivuitu, the former head…
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Remember Samuel Kivuitu Who Allegedly Rigged The 2007 Presidential Elections? See How He Painfully Died
He first gained attention from the public when he represented a fiery MP who was charged with trying to topple Mzee Jomo Kenyatta’s administration on April 8, 1971.After one day of proceedings, Yatta MP Gideon Mutiso entered a guilty plea before acting senior resident magistrate SK Sachdeva under the representation of Samuel Mutua Kivuitu, a…
