The untold story of the inimitable Tom Mboya | UNTOLD STORY 

Is there a politician as brilliant as Tom Mboya in Kenya today.

As an African living in the united states of America, i salute this great giant of Africa. Been searching for videos of Tom Mboya. Thank u all who posted this video. Viva PAN AFRICA.

In respect to this man, some schools changed names to Tom Mboya years prior to his death ,one such school was kongowea primary school on Buxton road Mombasa, it acquired it's current name Tom Mboya primary school in 1967 whilst Mboya was killed in 1969.

The Silenced Golden Son of East Africa his name lives and his actions speaks louder , he was the key to open doors for all of East African countries

Such brains were eliminated by the ethos of darkness.... Only his physical body was taken from us but his soul still hangs around within our hearts.

This man was so smart. It’s sad how the government assassinated him

So it's because of Tom's famous 81 sqaud that we have Obama as a Kenyan. RIP legend 🥺🥺😢

Why was such a smart brilliant brain wasted at such an early age. He was a politian and a great son of Africa. May the soul of TJ rest in eternal peace.

Kikuyu's greedy ruined Kenya entirely......

The president we never had😭😭

What a great mind en personality he was! How I wish he would have lived to ascend to Kenya's top leadership.

Tom was very ambitious and wanted to become Prime Minister at 30. In 1957, Tom was already planning for an independent Kenya with himself as Prime Minister by 1960. Until Oginga threw a spanner into the works in February 1958 by equating Kenyatta to Makarios(exiled Cyprus leader) and saying the old man was Kenya's leader. To Oginga's credit, Kenyatta was popular at the time, though not talked about anywhere in the country, and languishing in jail. It must be noted, however, that the kind of independence that Tom wanted for Kenya was dangerous, and would have led us to a civil war in the 1960s. In the absence of Kenyatta, and with the disenfranchisement of the Kikuyu under the state of emergency, it would have been easy for Mboya to become Prime Minister. However, many issues would have remained unsolved, key among them being the White Highlands, the land problem, and hence Kenya's economic stability. We would have established a country with a black man on top of the politics, but a white man in charge of the economy, like South Africa's present status. This does not sound like Freedom. And the government was not going to ring fence Mt. Kenya into jail forever. These battle hardened fighters would have continued an armed resistance in the bush, and it would have been a sorry situation for Kenya. And this seemed like the British plan, considering the fates of countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, and almost every other British colony in Africa. Jaramogi's brand of politics seemed best of Kenya - send the white man away, let the Africa sort his problems in a truly free and independent Kenya. Let us face it, Oginga's elevation of Jomo made matters very difficult for Tom Mboya. Kenyatta's emergence created the foundation for a greedy leadership unaware of the delicate negotiations that had gone into achieving independence. It is under Kenyatta's leadership that Mboya's inconsistency and lack of political temerity and spine became evident. Mboya, at the behest of Kenyatta, participated in the creation of a totalitarian state through continuous mutilation of the Independence constitution, and other political actions that kicked out Oginga from KANU, and set Oginga and the Luo community to political disenfranchisement. Kenyatta's "thank you" to Tom, for all the great work, was a bullet into Tom's heart. Tom should not have joined that directionless gang named KANU. He should instead have strengthened the Nairobi Peoples Convention Party (NPCP, modeled under Nkurumah's PCP), nationalized it and considered a merger with KADU. That would have been good for Kenya's democracy. And he would have been President by early 70s. Anyway, rest in peace, Rateng'.

I really celebrated Tom Mboya,an intellectual property who could have spurred our country Kenya to heights unknown. My late grandfather was a maumau fighter,and he told me Tom Mboya saw what no one else saw. I have 6 leaders whom I highly respect me. 1.Field Marshall Dedan Waciuri Kimathi 2.Tom Mboya 3.J.M Kariuki 4.Robert Ouko 5.Pio Gama Pinto 6.Mwai Kibaki The 1st 5 guys were assassinated during Kenyatta and his successor Moi damned administration save for Mwai Kibaki who became the president and guided the country to unprecedented success,till it was hijacked by thugs,corrupt,tribal,powerhungry maniacs.They do so till today.

You were doing so well until you put atwoli as a witness

So sad that kenya lost but God will avenge.

My dad and uncle go there....realy amazing they never told me about before...they are now both deceased... they did well

History Continues to Repeat itself.. Pumzika Kwa Amani..

Viva I have all along admired this legendary figure

Death robbed us of the most development conscious leader we shall never have again for a long time to come.

He was the man who could have changed this country

RIP Tom, Brother and sister's I agree and 1969 who ever gave birth to baby was names Tom Mboya, From Rusinga,Kisii and Kenya at large

This man was really in touch with African reality

Tom Mboya was very smart compared to his peers

may his soul rest in eternal peace

I just learned about Tom Mboya tonight, from a Malcolm X interview. Mr. Mboya was a genius. His legacy will live on.

If we had leaders like The late Mboya and Ouko as statesmen Kenya would be far ahead matters development

May God rest his soul in peace.

Airlift america,gave barrack Obama senior a chance,rip tom mboya

The GOOD ONES that we lost; in 1959 Tom Mboya was already making moves of change for Kenya and a vision for fast-tracked development; wengine uku walikuwa wanatafuta venye watakula pathetic

In my RU-vid channel, I have uploaded 2 tapes, Tom Mboya scoop 1 & 2

Politics aside.... This guy was too smart than the Kenyan government itself, his moves were always a head and that might led to his death cz that made everyone in the government to be scared including jomo Kenyatta himself

Wow! He was a great man indeed!

what a stature of a great man that Kenya and by extension the world lost so untimely . The history of this country would have radically been different. He could then read from one page with JF Kennedy , Martin Luther King Jr! indeed the great President Kenya never had.

Kenya lost when we lost Tom Mboya. Truly begs the question, "What If He Didn't Die That Day and Leaved to oversee Kenya's African Economy past that day on 5th July1969?

Tom Mboya is ever interesting to me

What has led you to think that by 1957, Mboya was planning for an independent Kenya by 1960 with him as the Prime Minister. Not that there is anything wrong with being ambitious or planning to ve a PM by the age 30. I am just wondering what has informed your thoughts.

Forever in our hearts ❤

Tom Mboya was a genius.

Very painful that the assassin have not reached his dreams

Jaramogi oginga odinga was a chameleon spitting a snakes venom. His elevation of kenyatta to be palatable to the Luo's , sidelined Tom Mboya and created a Space he secrectly cherished to occupy..History repeats itself..the HANDSHAKE...

So unfair that such a patriot was assassinated

That's the inimitable Tom Mboya

The subtitles though...!

Tom mboya 😊

Wait from Tom Mboya to Atwoli?

in brief tom mboya made kenya

Who got the guts to kill such a brilliant mind

Who ever gave birth to baby son was named Tom Mboya

so he said social responsibility...and now in western world its a new buzz word

Wakamba wamebarikiwa na iq smart

Why was he assassinated?The commentator does not say.Why was Saitoti killed? Kenyan reporters can't tell us anything,so we have to speculate.

Atwoli shouldn't have been added in this script.

Too much repetition though.

We love you j f Kennedy

Kenya was doing well, only for selfish people to with greed for power which they still have brought it down 🚮 Rip Our heroe

kikulacho ki nguoni mako

Atwoli and you?

Habeeb Omer abubaker ELNOUR

get your facts right, President Obama's father was not a beneficiary of the Mboya-Kennedy airlifts.

Anaeda kukaa wetangula

No offence Barack Obama move aside

and you have the audacity to call us wajinga nkt

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