Josiah Mwangi (JM) Kariuki had mastered the art of endearing himself to the masses. To demonstrate their seriousness, there was a series of bomb hoaxes where anonymous callers tipped the police, who scurried around the city looking for the explosives. The velocity of the bomb can be gleaned from the devastation it visited on the OTC bus, as evident from the picture. The bombing was being blamed on JM and a group of dissidents, Maskini Liberation Organisation. The group had been linked to bomb hoaxes since its alleged formation in 1974.

Source: Standard Digital June 16, 2021 17:02 UTC