New memoir traces General Robert Kibochi’s journey to top military command

At exactly 8pm on April 30, 2020, the last traces of dusk had long vanished beyond the Ngong Hills; shadows loomed, and reflections rendered solid in the dark.

Beyond the walls of Defence Headquarters on Lenana Road, Nairobi stretched into darkness. Far to the northeast, Processional Road lay quiet, its broad ceremonial avenue deserted like a haunted house, while the lights of government buildings glimmered faintly across the city.

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