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It caught students and staff unawares- and comes one day after studentsfought police in city streets after two oftheir classmates were shot while ston­ing Cabinet minister Shariff Nassir out­side Parliament.

The closure was a departure fromtradition where the universities wereshut only after several days ofdemonstrations.

For the first time, students in theparallel degree courses were alsoaffected.

Vice-Chancellor Francis Gichagaannounced the' indefinite closure in a

By KARIUKI WAIHENYAand SAMUEL SIRING!

Students fought running battles withpolice yesterday, as they protested atthe closure of the University ofNairobi.

The students sealed several roadsaround the main city campus, paralys­ing traffic for most of the afternoon.

As they caused chaos in the city,their colleagues at Kabete and Kikuyucampuses held brief demonstrationsbut then left the university for theirhomes.

They termed the closure abrupt andpunitive.

UDiversity closedUniversity of Nairobi students defy tear gas to throw stones at police in city streets after their

college was closed yesterday. (P.icture by JOSEPH MATHENGE)

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arising from cancer of theoesophagus, the tube from themouth to the stomach, evenbefore pre-surgical investigationscould be undertaken, at the pres­tigious Morningside Clinic inJohannesburg.

There he was to have beenoperated on by specialist surgeonDr John Jamieson, leading a com­bined Kenyan and South Africanmedical team. Mr Poghisio saidMr Lotodo travelled to SouthAfrica with his wife, Deborah.and his private physician, Dr Phil­lip Parklea of Eldoret, who waspart of the surgical team.

"I spoke to his wife this morn­ing, she was still in the clinic. She

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Mr Lotodo: Died in SouthAfrica

By KlPKOECH TANUIOnly days before hedied, Cabinet ministerFrancis Lotodo told aclose friend he hadtonsilitis.

But it proved to be cancer- and the minister diedbarely 24 hours after flying toSouth Africa for specialisedtreatment.

"We suspect he could haveknown he was suffering fromcancer of the throat but he neverspoke about it, he never evenappeared troubled," said anotherconfidante, Kacheliba rMl' Sam­uel Poghisio.

"Up to Tuesday when he leftfor South Africa he kept all hisappointments," he said.

And Mr Poghisio added: "Themedia projected him' as a warlordand he never defended himselfbecause he believed Kenyansknew the better side of him. Hedies the most misunderstoodman; he was so good and kind."

Before flying to South Africa,Mr Lotodo wrote to Parliament'sSpeaker requesting leave ofabsence.

And it fell to Speaker Mr Fran­cis ole Kaparo to tell a shockedHouse yesterday that the EnergyMinister and MP for Kapenguriahad died, aged 60.

He ordered MPs to stand forthe traditional one minute'ssilence, in honour of theircolleague.- The letter to the Speaker was

dated October 30 but was notgiven to Mr Kaparo until Novem­ber 6, two days before Mr Loto­do's death.

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Among the first to console hisfamily, friends and relatives wasPresident Moi, who describedhim as a "loyal andMinister" .

The President said his Energy.Minister had been "highly con­sistent in pursuing the ideals hebelieved in". Mr Lotodo, thePresident said, had served theGovernment and his people withselfless dedication.

Vice-President George Saitotisaid he had learned _of theuntimely and tragic death withprofound sorrow and 'disbelief,while public service head Rich­ard Leakey said Mr Lotodowould be remembered for-hisdistinguished service during histenure in various ministries.

Shock and disbelief engulfedWest Pokot District followingthe minister's death.

Shops in Makutano andenguria closed to mournLotodo and when news of hisdeath began to spread, hundredsof Pokots from Keringet, Kache­liba, Murkujit and Litei rushedto Makutano to verify it.

Mr Lotodo's own shop,supplies soft drinks to mostthe district, closed immediatelyon news of the minister's death.

Pokot women wearing tradi­tional regalia wailed as .theyentered the town, where grief­stricken members of the .mourned the passingleader. .

Forty-one civic leaders ledKapenguria mayorLonyala and PokotCouncil chairman Davidben grieved in groups.

Even the Standardexamination candinearby primarythe locals after sittingKCPE papers.

News of Mr Lotodo'swas also received withMarakwet District,branch Kanu youthJoseph Chepkwony saidminister was- committed toonciling the MarakwetPokot communities after.arunning feud over cattlein the past eight years.

flying out of the country fortreatment, " he added. "I onlyhope there was no foul play, hisdeath appears very strange."

Said Cabinet Minister Wil­liam ole Ntimama: "Mr Lotodowas a man of truth; he neverceased to speak his mind. Henever withheld any views if itstruck as helpful to his people."

sounded devastated when shetook the call 1placed to Johan­nesburg, all she wanted me todo was to get people to comfortthe children at the family'shome in Nairobi," Mr Poghisiosaid.

He last met the minister onTuesday, although they spokeon the telephone several timeslater.

He said Mrs Lotodo told' himthat during the flight the minis­ter's condition remained stablebut plummeted when they drove:into the clinic. Mr Lotodo diedat 1O.15pm on Wednesday, lessthan a day after entering theclinic, . in the presence of his .wife and Dr Parklea,

Sources close to the medicalteam told the Daily Nation thatcomplications had set in soonafter the minister had arrived,on Tuesday.

"We could not even do thepre-operati ve in vestigationsbecause- complications set in. Itwas obviously unexpected thatthe minister would develop thecomplications - we wouldnever have put him at risk if wehad thought beforehand thatthat would happen," the sourcesaid.

According to hospital sourc­es, a post-mortem examination

.was expected to take placetoday. r' ,

The Kenyan High Conimis­sion was expected to organisethe 'earliest possible flight tobring the minister's body backto Kenyafor burial.

Mr Lotodo leaves six chil­dren, twoof whom are studyingabroad. The couple also haveseveral grandchildren.

Baringo East MP JosephLotodo (no relation to the lateminister) described the MP as"a great son of Kenya and a trueking of the Pokot".

He said the minister told himlast week that he was grapplingwith a recurrent sore throat.

"He told me he was sufferingfrom tonsilitis. He did not how­ever make it look serious. Evenwhen he drove off it still did notstrike me that he was a dyingman. That is why the news thathe is dead struck me like athunderbolt," he said.

The Baringo East MP addedthat the minister sounded buoy­antand did not look frail.

"His voice was normal, hedid not even tell me he was

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Top: Lotodo, with wifeDebora, on Madaraka Day1997; left, hosting the Chineseambassador in his Nairobioffice in 1993 and, above,dancing at Miritini inMombasa during a harambee.

age of 29. He represented WestPokot, later renamed Kapenguria.His original constituency broughttogether the Pokots, one of theKalenjin sub-tribes.

He was aloof as a back bencherand as a minister. He would enterParliament and sit alone.

During debate, Mr Lotodowould concentrate on the issuesthat affected the Pokot.

"Pokots and animals are insep­arable and anyone going for ourcattle will face the full force ofthe Pokots," he once toldParliament.

When most politicians con­demned the Turkwell Hydro'Power project as a white elephant,he defended it.

"I come from West Pokotwhere power lines from the Turk­well pass over our heads but wehave no electricity in our homes,"he remarked.

Humour marked some hisanswers in the House. Replying toa question on rural electrification,he once said: "1 have told youthere is no money and there is nomoney. Do you want me to lie?Are you .children not to under­stand that I am telling you there isno money?"

trouble myself looking for thesebillions of shillings?" he asked,commenting on the Goldenbergscandal. During the 14 monthswhen the Vice-President's postwas vacant, he was the only min­ister who told President Moi tocall Kanu elections so that theycould elect a successor.

"Who knows, some of usmight warit to contest for thepost!" he said. Mr Lotodo firstentered Parliament in 1969 at the

'If I have enough food formyself and children, plus

enough caUle why do I haveto trouble myself looking forthese billions of shillings?'

Turkwell Gorge in 1940. Heattended Tartar Primary School,and then joined St Patrick's HighSchool, Iten, up to Form Two.

He once told a journalist thathe was not interested in becominga millionaire. "If I have enoughfood for myself and children, plusenough cattle why do I have to

Crawley of Kitale and FatherGabriel Dolan, saying they werein the payroll of the Irish Repub­lican Army.

He had no time for districtcommissioners either. Last year,

- West Pokot DC John ole Mosianywas transferred a week after theminister called for his removal.Sources said the official's crimewas fighting cattle rustlers.

Lotodo also called for theremoval of Rift Valley ProvincialCommissioner Francis Baya,whom he described as "an enemyof the Pokot". '

Not even his Permanent secre­taries found the minister easy todeal with. He once complainedabout his PS in the Energy Minis­try, Mr Mwanyengela Ngali, inconnection with the welfare ofworkers at the Turkwell Gorgescheme.

Mr Lotodo was born near

By ANDREW NGWIRIand EMMAN OMARI

To his critics, Francis PolisiLotodo was a war monger and atribal chauvinist. To others, theEnergy Minister was a principledand brutally honest politician.

For 26 years, Mr Lotodo hasbestrode Pokot politics like acolossus, never once losing anelection, and never giving quarterto anyone on the 'welfare of hisPokot people. He has been jailed,expelled from Kanu twice andcast into political limbo for fouryears - all in defence of theirinterests.

He was' not a darling of themedia. An outraged public neverunderstood where he derived hispower or why the government,especially President Moi, alwaysrushed to .his defence wheneverhe made remarks that would haveearned any other minister adismissal.

Defiance was' the lifeblood ofhis politics, marked by provoca­tive utterances about other tribesand public officials.

Lotodo was elected to Parlia­ment in 1969, representing PokotWest. He was, however, jailedmid-term for four months forpublicly beating up another MP,Mr Ezekiel Kassachoon, who haddefiantly attended Mr Lotodo'srally. He retained his. seat in the»= election but was jailed againin 1984' for promoting war-likeactivities.

As some have put it, were-he tobe taken to court every time heopened his mouth on his pet topic- the Pokot and aggresion->­Lotodo would have spent half hislife in jail.

Lotodo featured prominently inallegations concerning cattle rus­tling. He was frequently accusedof financing cattle raids againstthe Poker's neighbours, espe­cially the Marakwet, Samburu,Turkana, Sebeii and the Kara­rnonjong, r

He never disguised his dislikeof missionaries, especially whiteCatholic. priests and their head,Archbishop Ndingi Mwanaa'Nzeki. In January this year, hecalled for the deportation of twoCatholic priests, Bishop Maurice

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