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Writer/Historian: Kibaki:50 Years of Service; KCB:120 Years History. Journalist of Year 2016. Ph.D student, @History_UofT; johnkamau.substack.com
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How Kenyatta’s fear of an Odinga coup entrenched British military in Kenya

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By John Kamau Verified
| Daily Nation Verified
On April 5, 1965, Attorney-General Charles Njonjo carried a secret message from President Jomo Kenyatta to Malcolm MacDonald, the British High Commissioner in Nairobi. The message was explosive: Vice-President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and his associates were suspected of preparing to seize power. Mzee Kenyatta wanted Britain to be ready.
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How Kenya’s colonial statues were removed on British terms

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By John Kamau Verified
| Daily Nation Verified
When John Karuga Koinange rose in the Senate on September 19, 1963, he demanded the removal from Parliament Buildings of all “imperialist relics, including the bust of General Smuts and all testimonials extolling the massacre of Africans during the Emergency.” Koinange’s motion appeared to confirm what many expected independence to involve: a nationalist government cleansing public spaces of monuments celebrating British conquest, settler power and colonial violence.
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How Kenyatta-era PC John Godhard Mburu vanished from an Sh8 billion Karen land deal

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By John Kamau Verified
| Daily Nation Verified
When former Provincial Commissioner John Godhard Mburu died in 1981, his name remained buried in the paper trail of a transaction involving 135 acres of prime land in Karen. One of the letters forwarding the purchase money had been copied to him. But when the title was eventually issued in 1983, Mburu’s name had disappeared. In its place was a new entity, Muchanga Investments Limited. Four decades later, Mburu’s family has lost its claim to the property, now valued at more than Sh8 billion.
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