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Some civil servants planned to cut communication between Kenya and outside world over bonus

Mzee Jomo Kenyatta waves his flywhisk during Kenya independence celebrations at Uhuru Park 12th December 1963

 

Three days before December 12, 1963, a radio message was sent out from Nairobi announcing to the world about Kenya’s impending independence.

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