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- WORLD, Page 33World NotesKENYARiots over Foul Play
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- Who killed Robert Ouko, and why? Thousands of students took
- to Nairobi streets last week, protesting the murder of Kenya's
- popular Foreign Minister. Ouko's charred and mutilated body was
- found on Feb. 16 in a field not far from his farm home in
- western Kenya, three days after he had mysteriously
- disappeared.
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- President Daniel arap Moi said the death appeared to be the
- result of "foul play" and pledged a thorough investigation. But
- the students feared that police reports, which stated that Ouko
- had been shot in the head, possibly with his own gun, might
- leave the impression that the minister had taken his own life.
- "Suicide, no! We want the truth!" they chanted as they marched
- on Moi's office. On Friday a memorial service for Ouko erupted
- in confrontation when demonstrators hurled stones at mounted
- police and troops, who responded with tear gas and charged the
- crowds with ax handles.
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