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I saw Dr Robert Ouko’s body on fire and ran away - Herdsboy

Dr Robert Ouko

Paul Shikuku, a herds boy tending goats at Got Alila Hills was the first person to spot the minister's body going up in flames. He also came across two people near the murder scene that February 15, 1990.

Shikuku was therefore a star witness. Like countless others, he too disappeared from the face of the earth.
Shikuku hailed from Ekero village in Mumias, Western Kenya, where police picked and interviewed him days after Dr Ouko's murder.

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