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Ex-Alego Usonga MP who was detained after the 1982 coup dies
🇰🇪 Kenya · Society · Nairobi County · 1 d ago
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Atandi shared the news of his predecessor's passing in a statement expressing grief on Sunday, October 25 "We have this evening lost the Hon Otieno Mak'Onyango, Former MP, Alego Usonga Constituency, while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi Hospital.
Aringo subsequently reclaimed the constituency in the 1997 elections and held it through to 2002.
At the time of his detention, Mak'Onyango was working as a journalist at the East African Standard, the publication now known as The Standard newspaper.
He was among the Kenyans arrested in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt of August 1982, during which air force personnel attempted to overthrow Moi's government.
Court battle over detention In 2003, Mak’Onyango sued the government over his arrest, detention and prosecution, seeking compensation for the violation of his rights.
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