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First hanging of white man in Kenya for murder dismays settlers

Judges of Court of Appeal and other appellate judges. The landmark ruling on Poole at a time when Kenya was still under the punitive British rule dismayed the white settlers.

By JAMES MWANGI

August 1960 remains a defining moment in Kenya’s history after an unexpected ruling that saw the first and only white person hanged in Kenya for murder.

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