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#HistoryKeThread: Two years into his presidency, in June of 1991, apartheid South Africa’s President Frederik de Klerk visited Kenya. The visit was part of a charm offensive tour to a

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#HistoryKeThread: At the height of the Emergency in colonial Kenya, those who refused to partake in the #MauMau muma (oath) often met gruesome death in the hands of Mau Mau

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#HistoryKeThread: At one time in our history, a firebrand politician bestrode the politics of a part of Kenya like a colossus.Some called him Mashamba. No, not the one you may

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#HistoryKeThread: The Handshake In KanoWe know that the Uganda Railway was from 1896 called so because Kisumu, which was the destined railhead, was part of Uganda. Even as part of

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#HistoryKeThread: The Man Who Built ChiromoOnce there lived a man in Kenya - a man born to break rules. And norms. And records. He was as daring as he was

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1/ #HistoryKeThread: The Kedong Massacre of 1895: When The Maasai Smote 600 Men 2/ In November 1895, the acting commander of Fort Smith (Kikuyu), Thomas Gilkison, dispatched a food caravan

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1/ #HistoryKeThread: Part of the reason the colonial government found it hard to tackle Mau Mau was because oathing ceremonies took place in utmost secrecy. 2/ This is an account

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#HistoryKeThread The Northern Frontier District The above words were uttered in 1960 by Ahmed Farah, a member of the LegCo in Kenya, representing the Somali community. Farah went on to

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1/ #HistoryKeThread: The Story Of Mekatilili wa Menza 2/ It is unimaginable to speak of the history of Kenya's armed struggle for freedom without talking about Mekatilili', one of Kenya's

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#HistoryKeThread: The Fall Of The EAC In 1977 "The East African Community is as dead as a dodo", Kenya's Minister for Power and Communications, Isaac Omolo Okero, informed Parliament. This

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1/ #HistoryKeThread: Thunder Of WW1 Bombs and Piano Keys Upon Nyanza 2/ It is well known that WW1 action in Kenya was primarily focused around Taveta. 3/ However, there was

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#HistoryKeThread: The Abagusii Resistance Towards the end of the 19th century, the Abagusii learnt of a vision by their prophet Eliamwamu, who was also called Sakawa of Nyakoe. According to