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Ravine house that saved Jomo Kenyatta from colonialists’ hand of death

By VINCENT MABATUK

Down a winding dirt track in a sleepy village west of Eldama Ravine town lies a unique old house that looks different from the dozens that surround it. This is where the founding President of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta took refuge in the wake of a Mau Mau crackdown in 1952.

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