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This is why Jomo Kenyatta named an avenue after Haile Selassie

Why Jomo Kenyatta named an avenue after Haile Selassie
                       Jomo Kenyatta and Ethiopia's Haile Selassie

There are only three avenues in Kenya’s capital: Kenyatta, Moi and Haile Selassie Avenues in honour of our first and second Presidents…and Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I.

The reason Nairobi has an avenue named – not after a local freedom fighter – but a foreigner is not accidental.

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