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Jaramogi Oginga, Joseph Murumbi, Jomo Kenyatta and Tom Mboya at JKIA in OCT 1965. [File, Standard]
For nine years leading up to the Lancaster House Conference where Kenya's independence was negotiated, Joseph Murumbi lived in exile in Britain. While in detention, Jomo Kenyatta had sent Murumbi on a world tour to present Kenya's grievances to foreign powers.
He had planned to tour India, Britain, Cairo, US and West Africa. However, by the time he got to London, the Kenya African Union, the party at the forefront of agitating for independence, had been banned. That meant countries like the US could not admit him. He had also become a 'wanted' man in Kenya, hence his nine-year sojourn in Britain.
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