How Bob Marley's reggae music sustained 1982 coup

The military big boys were out of town too. The previous day, July 31, the president had attended the Agricultural Show at Ruringu stadium, Nyeri.

The coup was originally set to take place the second week of August, while Moi was in Tripoli, Libya, attending the summit of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU). However, the plotters rushed through their plan after it leaked.