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The History Hour: The Mysterious Death of an MP in Kenya

The Mysterious Death of an MP in Kenya

14/03/2015

BBC World Service - The History Hour, The Mysterious Death of an MP in Kenya

JM Kariuki's murder in Kenya plus Jackie Kennedy's secret romance with Aristotle Onassis

JM Kariuki's murder in Kenya, Jackie Kennedy's romance with Aristotle Onassis and from Kosovo the haunting story of how Serb forces hunted down a Kosovan independence leader

40 years ago a Kenyan MP Josiah Mwangi Kariuki disappeared in mysterious circumstances.  His widow has been speaking to Witness about how she finally confirmed that he'd been killed.  Also Jackie Kennedy's secret romance with Aristotle Onassis and the haunting story of how Serb forces hunted down a Kosovan independence leader.

(Photo: Kenyan politician JM Kariuki. Credit: Alamy)

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