Tom Mboya Mausoleum

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Tom Mboya (1930-1969) had been a prominent figure in Kenya politics in the 1950s and 60s. Trade Union leader, Pan-Africanist, secretary-general of KANU (Kenya African National Union) before and after independence, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and later Minister for Economic Planning and Development, he was seen by many and feared by others to become the next President of Kenya. On July 5, 1969, he was shot in Nairobi. The question who was the big man behind the assassination remained unanswered.

The Mausoleum resembles a bullet in rememberance of the way he was killed. There is an inscription on the grave:

THOMAS JOSEPH MBOYA
August 15th 1930 - July 5th 1969
Go and fight like this man
Who fought for mankind's cause
Who died because he fought
Whose battles are still unwon