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How Bob Marley's reggae music sustained 1982 coup

1982 attempted coup ring leader Hezekiah Ochuka (centre) was hanged. [File, Standard]

Bob Marley's songs gave away the game. Chants of power...power and a staccato of gunfire around the city confirmed Kenya's worst nightmare.

A group of junior airforce soldiers had taken over the government. And one of the most recognisable voices of Leonard Mambo Mbotela confirmed this. August 1, 1982, was real and a coup was underway.

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