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Why 1969 bloody opening of Kisumu's 'Russia hospital' is worth remembering

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Violence erupted when Jomo Kenyatta visited Kisumu to officially open the Nyanza Provincial Hospital in 1969. [File, Standard]

One of the most important episodes that continues to define the relationship between the Luo and indeed the Nyanza Region and all successive regimes is what is known as the "Kisumu Massacre" of October 25, 1969.

On this day 54 years ago this October, President Jomo Kenyatta visited Kisumu to officially open the Nyanza Provincial Hospital ("Russia") now named Jaramogi Teaching and Referal Hospital, which was built with aid from the then Soviet Union.

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