Archive Footage of the '82 Attempted Coup

[mzeiya]

 

[Meria]

usinikumbushe hii siku.

 

[mzeiya]

usinikumbushe hii siku.

Hiyo August watu wengi wenye walipitia hawatakangi kukumbuka. We had a neighbour who I think got scarred for life after GSU turned his house upside down and killed his dogs manze

 

[wrongturn]

usinikumbushe hii siku.

what happened?

 

[The.Black.Templar]

I thought Moi was out of the country when the Coup happened?

 

[It's Me Scumbag]

All I remember:adults huddled around the radio and talking in whispers. And then fighter jets flew overhead,grown men cowered and some even run away into their houses.
Tense few days followed...

 

[mzeiya]

I thought Moi was out of the country when the Coup happened?

I might be wrong but I think he was in Kabarak.

 

[JazzMan]

My father refuses to talk about this day. All he says is his Land Rover was the first to reach Nairobi

 

[The.Black.Templar]

This country would have been ferked had those goon managed a successful coup

 

[Internet]

This country would have been ferked

Or saved. We don't know for sure. Kagame and Gadaffi became presidents following coups and their countries became better.

 

[The.Black.Templar]

Or saved. We don't know for sure. Kagame and Gadaffi became presidents following coups and their countries became better.

Naah my Fren, if you look at sub Saharan countries that went that route, they are royally ferked upto this day....just look at our neighbor Uganda...If there is one thing we can be grateful to Moi for is the peaceful stability of this country...hapo I give the guy 100% marks

 

[Kamau wa Kíríro]

All I remember:adults huddled around the radio and talking in whispers

Likewise kwetu...... nakumbuka nikiendea babangu gazeti (which never arrived) that cold and bleary morning na allover the shopping centre men were huddled in small groups. Kurudi home, I found my dad (who had magically aged overnight) with a few neighbours gravely listening to the radio...... serikali iko mikononi mwa majeshi na askari polisi wote wanaombwa wakae kama raiya

 

[$$$]

I can't remember anything. I was born 9 years later. I will ask my father about that day during the holidays.