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Witness recalls the 1969 Kisumu massacre that marked Jomo Kenyatta’s visit

By Joseph Karimi

Kenya: Four months after the assassination of Tom Mboya outside a Nairobi pharmacy on July 5,1969, President Jomo Kenyatta made a two-day historic official tour of Western and Nyanza provinces to familiarise himself with the development projects.

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