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Day Mboya taped his conversation with Kenyatta amid party wars

President Jomo Kenyatta and Economic Planning Development minister Tom Mboya at an event in 1965 in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

The call to the hallowed Government House came with the attendant excitement. It was not every day that the governor invited Africans to his official residence. Furthermore, the occupant of the house on the hill was notorious for his hatred of native politicians.

At the time, the country was pregnant with expectations. Finally, Africans had been allowed to go to the polls. Although their chosen leaders James Gichuru and Tom Mboya, the Kanu flag bearers, had been competing for power against Ronald Ngala and Masinde Muliro, the former protagonists were now united in hope.

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