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Mboya's brush with racism shaped his liberation struggle

Tom Mboya addressing dock workers during his visit to Kipevu Berths in Mombasa July 1962. [File, Standard]

Before immersing himself in the liberation struggle, Joseph Thomas Mboya worked as a sanitary inspector at the Nairobi City Council. His roles included working in the food section of the Health Department in testing milk samples.

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