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When Kenyan delegation sampled London's nightlife

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 Jomo Kenyatta with other delegates during the Lancaster House conference in February 1962. [File, Standard]

The specter of Kenyans sending large delegations to international government junkets did not start yesterday.

The second Lancaster House talks which began on Valentine's Day of 1962 at the Long Gallery, was as scandalous as was its conclusion; deadlock which resulted in a compromise document.

For 52 days, 98 participants comprising among others, Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs), tribal representatives, regional delegations and their advisors squared it out both in the halls as well as streets of London.

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