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Arrest of Jomo Kenyatta

Kenya · Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1952–1961Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1952

Jomo Kenyatta25 November 1952

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

Arrested and indicted with six others on the charges of "managing and being a member" of the Mau Mau Society

1959

Jomo Kenyatta14 April 1959

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

Completes his sentence for the Mau Mau risings

1961

Jomo Kenyatta21 August 1961

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

Fully released

Names involved

Jomo Kenyatta

Provenance

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