The excitement of being at the helm of the country’s leadership blinded the coup plotters. However, the excitement of being at the helm of the country’s leadership blinded the coup plotters. Senior Private Hezekiah Ochuka, the head of the ‘People’s Redemption Council’ seemed to have no clear command and August 1, 1982, would turn out to be a modern-day rendition of William Shakespeare’s play, Comedy of Errors. Rather than eat humble pie, Ochuka told his men: “I’ve been a president. I’ve made history.” The two key coup plotters were among the last people hanged in Kenya in 1987 by Kamiti’s last hangman, Kirugumi wa Wanjuki.

Source: Standard Digital August 01, 2022 00:03 UTC