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Day Jomo Kenyatta ordered colonial names removed

BY JOSEPH KARIMI

NAIROBI, KENYA: On Friday, October 24 1969, the late President Jomo Kenyatta toured Western Province to familiarise himself with the development in the province. The following day, he was in Nyanza for a similar tour which culminated in the official opening of the Russian sponsored hospital project (Oginga Odinga Referal Hospital, Kisumu).

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