Nicholas Kipyator Biwott, who has died aged 77, will be remembered as probably the most powerful man ever to grace the Kenyan political scene outside the Presidency. He was never loud, but his influence with the corridors of power was unmistakably loud and reverberated far and wide, particularly during the high noon of Kanu autocracy.
His name was never far away from any controversy that afflicted the Kanu regime; from high level corruption, the poor human rights record under Mr Moi's rule and the mysterious deaths of influential of the many opponents of the Kanu regime.
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