Echoes of resistance: A tribute to the victims of state violence in Kenya

Written by Gathanga Ndung’u, a community organizer and activist with Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) and a political organizer with Revolutionary Socialist League – Africa (RSL). Kenya gained its flag independence in 1963. The much-awaited sovereignty never came, as the tools of economic emancipation, such as land and industries, remained in the hands of the colonial powers, together with their local proteges, the comprador class, led by the first president, Kamau Wa Ngegi (alias Jomo...