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Sick ex-inmate accuses warders of brutal torture

Former inmate Steve Biko is assisted out of the house at their home in Kabondo, Kotuoya village. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

“Are you the father to Steve Biko? Please come to the station and pick him now,” these are the words James Owino recalled from a phone conversation he had with an officer at Oyugis Police Station on January 4.

Owino had not set eyes on his son, Biko, for close to two years.

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