Senior Chief Musa Nyandusi, the father of former Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae, once risked his position by secretly helping Kenya’s founding President, Jomo Kenyatta, evade British colonial authorities.
Their relationship dates back to the 1940s when Kenyatta was campaigning for African rights and self-rule. During a tour of Western Kenya to popularise African nationalism, Kenyatta sought out Nyandusi, whose influence within the colonial administration had spread across the country. He subsequently stayed at the chief’s home.
Despite deriving his power and wealth from serving the British Crown, Nyandusi privately sympathised with the African nationalist movement and opposed European discrimination against Africans.
On October 15, 1952, Kenyatta was campaigning for self-rule in Kisii when he received information that the colonial administration intended to arrest him.
Nyandusi offered him shelter for the night and helped him escape to Nairobi. However, the British authorities were furious when they discovered the chief's actions.
When questioned, Nyandusi defended himself by explaining that he had merely hosted a visitor as part of fulfilling African obligations of hospitality.
Kenyatta was eventually arrested five days later.
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