The Wagalla Massacre: How Government Forces Killed Over 5,000 Kenyans on 10th Feb 1984

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The Wagalla Massacre

The Wagalla Massacre remains one of the darkest and most painful chapters in Kenya’s post-independence history. On 10th February 1984, thousands of Kenyan civilians—mostly men from the Degodia clan—lost their lives after a brutal military operation conducted at the Wagalla Airstrip in Wajir County. Despite commissions of inquiry, government statements, and decades of mourning, the screams of that … Read more

Pio Gama Pinto: Biography, Role in Kenya’s Independence, Legacy & Assassination

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Pio Gama Pinto

Pio Gama Pinto is one of the most influential yet often overlooked heroes in Kenya’s fight for independence and early political evolution. A journalist, freedom fighter, political strategist, and advocate for the oppressed, Pinto dedicated his entire life to liberation and social justice. Though his life was short-lived, his contribution to the birth of modern … Read more

CMG Argwings-Kodhek Biography (1923–1969) – Kenya’s First African Lawyer & Political Pioneer

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Argwings-Kodhek Biography

CMG Argwings-Kodhek was one of Kenya’s boldest, most charismatic, and most visionary independence-era leaders. Often remembered as the “Black Messiah” of legal justice, he broke racial barriers in colonial Kenya, championed African rights, and shaped the early political landscape of the young nation. His life was short, but his impact remains embedded in Kenya’s legal, political, and social … Read more