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When Nairobi workers rioted to demand Sh100 salary

Police dispersing University of Nairobi students during a riot in March 1968. [File, Standard]

Nairobi was on fire. And like evil fangs of a deadly snake, the twin steel rails took the fire first to Nakuru and ultimately Kisumu. And for a week, the entire country was in chaos characterised by bonfires, batons cracking of workers’ bones, and arrests.

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