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Ex-TJRC chair Bethuel Kiplagat dies in Nairobi

Friday, July 14, 2017 — updated on December 27, 2020 - 3 min read

The former chairperson of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By HARRY MISIKO & Beatrice Kangai

Former Chairman of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Bethuel Kiplagat is dead.

Mr Kiplagat passed on aged 80 at a Nairobi hospital after long illness.

1978-1981: Kenya’s Ambassador to France.
1981-1983: Kenya’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
1983– 1991: Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of Kenya.
1985 –86: Facilitated peace talks in Uganda.
1988-1992: Initiated and facilitated peace talks in Mozambique.
1988-1992: Engaged warring parties in Ethiopia
1985: Resource person to the IGAD Peace Process for Sudan.
1997: Member of Election Monitoring Committee of the National Council of Churches of Kenya
2003- 2005: Kenya’s special envoy to the Somalia peace process from
2009- November 2010: Chairman of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC). He later resigned after coming under investigation for past human rights abuses, particularly his role in the 1984 Wagalla Massacre.
He also served as the Chairman of Juhudi Kilimo Company Limited and Chairman of K-Rep Bank Limited.
He was the founder and former executive director of Africa Peace Forum.

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