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Dear Kenyans,
Question: What did "internal self-rule" mean and how did it differ from "independence"?
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Question: What did "internal self-rule" mean and how did it differ from "independence"?
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I asked the same question last year. Yet to get a good answer.
Perhaps this from Lord Colyton in the UK House of Lords on 15 July 1963, the month after the first #MadarakaDay, offers some clues. Basically, he says it was about allowing institutions to find their feet before full independence. A trial run of sorts.
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On this Madaraka day, let's remember scores of Kenyans who gave life, limb & liberty to ensure that we attained self-rule in kenya.
Some of these heroes have been forgotten in the sands of time but we must never let them be forgotten.
Here are a few.
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Some of these heroes have been forgotten in the sands of time but we must never let them be forgotten.
Here are a few.
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CMG Argwings-Kodhek (1923-1969)
CMG attended St Mary’s School, Yala, Makerere and Cardiff Univ where he obtained a Law degree and got admitted to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1951.
Offered a third of what whites were getting at the Attorney General's office, CMG declined.
CMG attended St Mary’s School, Yala, Makerere and Cardiff Univ where he obtained a Law degree and got admitted to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1951.
Offered a third of what whites were getting at the Attorney General's office, CMG declined.
He started his own law firm at Church House and was the only African in Kenya with a law firm.
He made his name defending Mau Mau cases — saving many, including Waruru Kanja, and 48 Lari Massacre accused, from the hangman’s noose.
He made his name defending Mau Mau cases — saving many, including Waruru Kanja, and 48 Lari Massacre accused, from the hangman’s noose.
Then Nubian rights forum would like to wish all kenyans a Happy Madaraka Day.
While we celebrate madaraka, we cannot pretend that it is a happy day. Not when the state of the nation is no different from the colonial days.
#NotYetUhuru #notyetmadaraka
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While we celebrate madaraka, we cannot pretend that it is a happy day. Not when the state of the nation is no different from the colonial days.
#NotYetUhuru #notyetmadaraka
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There is no madaraka when #policebrutalityke is on the rise in select areas in the country during curfew hours under the silent watch of those in command like @NPSOfficial_KE @FredMatiangi @JBoinnet
Elite areas have movement with no cases of injustice.
#JusticeForSamuelMaina
Elite areas have movement with no cases of injustice.
#JusticeForSamuelMaina
There is no madaraka when kenyans are stripped of their dignity and denied to bury their loved ones while those priviledged in the country get decent send offs because somehow, government directives only apply to common mwananchi
What makes us different?
#EndPoliceBrutalityKE
What makes us different?
#EndPoliceBrutalityKE
