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Celebrated CID officer Richard Katola passes on at Kenyatta National Hospital

Kenya: A celebrated CID officer Richard Katola has died. Katola, who is a former elite unit, Head of Special Crimes Prevention Unit, died at the Kenyatta National Hospital, where he was seeking medical attention after suffering stroke.

He has been unwell for the last three years. He was one of the few celebrated CID detectives and participated in the Mungiki crackdown between 2007 and 2012.

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