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- WORLD, Page 63World NotesKENYAA Death Explained
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- When the charred body of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko was
- found with a bullet in the head 21 months ago, a police report
- suggested he had committed suicide. Last week a judicial
- commission of inquiry finally learned the results of an
- independent investigation, headed by Scotland Yard detective
- John Troon, that had been suppressed by the government of
- President Daniel arap Moi. Troon concluded that Ouko had been
- murdered to stop his revelations of high-level corruption in the
- Moi administration.
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- Troon linked Ouko's death to a Washington visit in January
- 1990 by Moi, Ouko and Energy Minister Nicholas Biwott, who was
- recently accused of taking a 10% commission from an Italian
- contractor. Charging that "corruption in central government and
- personal vendetta were motives for Ouko's murder," Troon
- testified that Ouko and Biwott quarreled angrily after U.S.
- officials told the group a crackdown on government malfeasance
- would improve the business climate. Western governments,
- including the U.S., may withhold aid unless Kenya cleans up its
- act.
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