#KenyaElections: August 1, when Nairobi exploded

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Channel: New Vision TV · 2017 · News & Politics

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For long described as an island of peace in a troubled region, Kenya woke up to a bloody coup on the morning of Sunday, August the first, 1982. It took almost a full day for the forces loyal to President Daniel Arap Moi to crush the coup and restore him to power.
New Vision TV looks at how that bloody event 35 years ago affected Kenya’s politics to date.

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