Statecraft & Independence
Landmark
Bildad Kaggia
1921 – 2005
One of the Kapenguria Six, who broke with Kenyatta over land
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Why they are here
Mau Mau Central Committee member and one of the Kapenguria Six, who fell out with Kenyatta permanently over what independence owed the landless.
Bildad Mwaganu Kaggia was a Kenyan nationalist and politician, and a member of the Mau Mau Central Committee.
One of the Kapenguria Six tried with Jomo Kenyatta, he was a militant nationalist committed to the poor and the landless, and broke irreconcilably with Kenyatta over it.
One of the Kapenguria Six tried with Jomo Kenyatta, he was a militant nationalist committed to the poor and the landless, and broke irreconcilably with Kenyatta over it.
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