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In the late 1950s and 60s Kenya's labour movement was vigorously pressing for workers' rights against autocratic employers. Here's a @Reuters clip of the Nov. 1959 railway strike, in which 22,000 workers left their jobs to demand 1/4
In the late 1950s and 60s Kenya's labour movement was vigorously pressing for workers' rights against autocratic employers. Here's a @Reuters clip of the Nov. 1959 railway strike, in which 22,000 workers left their jobs to demand 1/4
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better pay & working conditions.
The railway recruited 5,000 Europeans & Asians to keep some of the trains running. Passengers had to load their own luggage (tho settlers had their African workers do it).
The strike ended after 17 days. Management agreed to a pay rise.
better pay & working conditions.
The railway recruited 5,000 Europeans & Asians to keep some of the trains running. Passengers had to load their own luggage (tho settlers had their African workers do it).
The strike ended after 17 days. Management agreed to a pay rise.
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In 1962 several unions went out on strike, demanding better pay and benefits for African workers. Among the strikers were 6,000 government workers. The city council used convicts to clear rubbish, and engaged European and African nurses to staff the maternity ward.
In 1962 several unions went out on strike, demanding better pay and benefits for African workers. Among the strikers were 6,000 government workers. The city council used convicts to clear rubbish, and engaged European and African nurses to staff the maternity ward.
Sometimes in 1990, two political ‘dissidents’ went to Cargen House in Nairobi’s Moi Avenue.
Controversial former Kitutu Masaba MP George Anyona and his neighbour in Madaraka Estate Njeru Kathagu #SabaSabaAt30 #SabaSabaMarchForOurlives
Controversial former Kitutu Masaba MP George Anyona and his neighbour in Madaraka Estate Njeru Kathagu #SabaSabaAt30 #SabaSabaMarchForOurlives
But Anyona and Kathangu, who had both tasted the wrath of the system by being jailed and detained for contradicting the Kanu regime, warned their host that the government had demonstrated willingness to ruthlessly deal with dissidents.
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#SabaSabaAt30 #TekelezaKatibaBoreshaMaisha
The mission was to rein in a man disgraced by the ruling party Kanu and thrown into the political cold. Their meeting with Kenneth Matiba had been brokered by former powerful Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae, who was now being treated as a Kanu pariah.
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