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Silences of Jomo Kenyatta: Lessons from a quite giant

 Founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. [File, Standard]

On the morning of August 22, 1978, Kenya woke to a strange quiet.

The radio broke the news that Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the founding father, had died.

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