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Tom Mboya: Inside mausoleum where the politician Kenya will never forget is buried

Former trade unionist Tom Mboya’s mausoleum at Kamasengre Village, Rusinga Island in Homa Bay County. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

“Thomas Joseph Mboya

August 15, 1930-July 5, 1969

“Go and fight like this man who fought for mankind’s cause, who died because he fought, whose battles are still unwon.”

These are the words that have been inscribed on slain former Cabinet Minister Tom Mboya’s grave in his mausoleum in Rusinga Island, Homa Bay County.

The writings...