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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has announced the launch of an investigation following reports that a 92-year-old man allegedly purchased the pistol used in the killing of Tom Mboya.
In a post on X, the DCI stated that action will be taken once the investigation is complete.
“Tom Mboya was a trade unionist, educator, Pan-Africanist, author, former minister, and statesman,” the DCI said. “The attention of the DCI has been drawn to an article reporting that a 92-year-old man purchased the pistol used in Mboya’s killing.”
Mboya was gunned down on July 5, 1969, on Government Road (now Moi Avenue).
News of Mboya’s assassination spread rapidly, prompting riots in the city as Kenyans flocked to the Nairobi Hospital en masse amid wails and cries.
Baton-wielding police officers were called in to control the crowds, who, as seen in the Amin video, were overwhelmed and overpowered.
More drama ensued a week later during Mboya’s requiem mass at the Holy Family Cathedral on April 12, when angry protestors clashed with the police once again.
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