How domestic squabble betrayed anti-Moi regime movement

Wahome Mutahi (left) was arrested during the Mwakenya crackdown. [File, Standard]

Like a ghost, the fleeting shadows of the resistance have been constantly moving, changing form and names from the day Kenya became a free state.

One of the most lingering movements, some historians say started December 22 to 23, 1974, when an ultra-secret Kenya Marxist Leninist party met in Nairobi. According to Mana Wa Kinyatti, the pioneers that attended were Adhu Awiti, Kamonji Wachira, Koigi Wa Mwere and Amin Kassim.