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- Wacucu, Wanugu and Rasta: The Manhunt That Made Kenya’s Flying Squad
On 21 August 1995, Police Commissioner Shadrack Kiruki named three men as Kenya’s most wanted and put a price of Sh100,000 on each of their heads. They were Anthony Ngugi Kanagi, known as Wacucu; Gerald Wambugu Munyeria, known … Read more - Nyayo House Torture Chambers: The Cells Beneath Nairobi’s Passport Office
Every working day, thousands of Kenyans queue at Nyayo House for passports and visas. The yellow tower on the corner of Uhuru Highway and Kenyatta Avenue is one of the best-known government buildings in Nairobi. For most of … Read more - The Fire After the Vote:
Kenya’s 2007/08 Post-Election Violence In the days between Christmas 2007 and the end of February 2008, Kenya burned. Streets that had been busy with holiday shoppers became battlegrounds. Neighbourhoods where Kikuyu, Luo, Kalenjin and Luhya families had lived … Read more - Daniel arap Moi: Kenya’s Longest-Serving President — A Complete Profile
On 22 August 1978, a schoolteacher’s son from the Tugen hills of Baringo took the oath of office as Kenya’s second president. The man who had spent eleven years as vice president — mocked by the Kikuyu elite … Read more - The 1982 Coup: Night Kenya Almost Changed Forever
On 1 August 1982, junior officers of the Kenya Air Force seized the Voice of Kenya radio station and announced the end of the Moi government. For a few electric hours, the country’s fate hung in the balance. … Read more - The Adeudeu: Kenya’s Teso Arched Harp — History, Parts and How It Works
Along the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, in the low-lying plains and hillsides of Busia County, there is a community of Plains Nilotes who have been growing cotton, sorghum, and finger millet for generations. They call … Read more
