The World - News from June 8, 1989

Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi has ordered the country’s prisons cleared of all inmates detained without trial or charge, according to reports in the nation’s three English-language newspapers. Moi reportedly issued the order at a rally earlier in the week. Moi did not name the affected detainees nor their number, but the papers identified three as lawyer Mirugi Kariuki, business executive Israel Otieno Agina and a former air force private, Richard Obuon Guya. The three were detained in crackdowns on groups suspected of trying to overthrow Moi. Internal security officials could not be reached for comment.