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Kapenguria Six Prisoners. [File, Standard]
The trial of the infamous Kapenguria six was one of the most spectacular events in pre-independent Kenya. The trial of Jomo Kenyatta, Achieng' Oneko, Paul Ngei, Fred Kubai, Kungu Karumba and Bildad Kaggia had the potential to cast a negative light on the British government. Therefore, all loopholes had to be sealed to give the trial as little publicity as possible.
Among the measures the British colonisers took was to move the trial from Nairobi, where media scrutiny would have been unbearable. But the authorities' greatest fear was the Mau Mau, a group that had caused untold suffering to British soldiers and settlers both within the city and in much of central Kenya.
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