John Kiriamiti (born 14 February 1950[citation needed]) is a Kenyan former bank robber[1] turned writer.
Kiriamiti was born in Thuita Village,[4] Kamacharia, Murang'a District, in Central Kenya.
[4] In the years after his release from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, he has also become a philanthropist and social reformist rehabilitating street children and thieves in Murang'a.
Besides writing novels, Kiriamiti owns and edits a newspaper, The Sharpener, which he established after the government ban on the Gikuyu version, Inooro, in 1995.
[5] Kiriamiti's books include: This article incorporates text available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.