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How Charles Njonjo barred Africanisation of the judiciary

Attorney General Charles Njonjo at Kenya High School in 1975. The white bar through Njonjo subsequently kept the black bar out of the profession.

By Njonjo Kihuria

Kenya: Kenya had desperately yearned for an independent Judiciary after many years of manipulation by the colonial government.

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