Catherine Gicheru  From WikiLeaks  Revision as of 13 August 2007
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government involvement in political assassinations.  In the year
leading up to Kenya's 1992 elections, Catherine Gicheru wrote a
series of exclusive reports for the independent daily, The
Nation, that exposed involvement of high government officials in
the assassination of a local political figure. In retaliation
for Gicheru's articles, the Kenyan government banned the paper
from covering the Electoral Commission, which oversaw the 1992
presidential election. Gicheru also exposed the corruption of a
prominent ruling party leader who siphoned off millions of
dollars of government controlled funds into a private housing
development. She was harassed and threatened by thugs who tried
unsuccessfully to prevent publication of the story.  Personal
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