Hon. Koigi wa Wamwere Speaks: His Life, His Struggles, His Sacrifices - hosted by Robinson Gichuhi

“I prefer to die fighting for freedom, rather than living a life in chains” Led by Hon. Koigi wa Wamwere, the outspoken criticism of Kenya’s human rights record and activism for landless Kenyans, incurred the anger of the Kenyan government. In 1979, he was elected to parliament and served for three years. Since 1972, the government has imprisoned wa Wamwere four times. Most recently, he was arrested in 1993 and, after a trial widely believed to be staged, sentenced to four years in prison. (Wa Wamwere wrote about this incident in Justice on Trial.) He was released in 1996 due medical reasons. . The Koigi story is like no other. Join us tonight and hear for yourself.