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'Justice for Julia': Was the chief's daughter silenced by the State?


Grieving family members of Julia Wangui Kariuki gather at her home in Likii village, Nanyuki, as they prepare for her burial.
[Amos Kiarie, Standard]

A chilling quiet swept over Matanya area in Laikipia East as the casket of Julia Wangui Kariuki, a 30-year-old mother of two, was lowered into the soil of her ancestral home.

Mourners braved the cold wind in Kibubung’i village — a once-quiet settlement now transformed into a symbol of grief — where Julia, the daughter of a respected local chief, was laid to rest nearly a month after she allegedly died in hospital following a mysterious and still-contested stint in police custody.

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