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Kapenguria Museum

Coordinates: 1°15′39″N 35°04′42″E / 1.260912°N 35.07835°E / 1.260912; 35.07835
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Kapenguria Museum
Kapenguria Museum is located in Kenya
Kapenguria Museum
Location within Kenya
Established1993
LocationKapenguria, Kenya


The Kapenguria Museum is a museum located in Kapenguria, Kenya.[1] The museum is located inside the prison where prominent leaders of the Kenyan independence movement (the Kapenguria Six: Jomo Kenyatta, Kungu Karumba, Fred Kubai, Paul Ngei, Bildad Kaggia and Ramogi Achieng Oneko) were held and put on trial in 1952/3. The museum features galleries in the former cells of the prison, including displays on these leaders and the struggle against colonialism, and houses a memorial library in their honour.

The museum also features ethnographic galleries about the Pokot people.

It was opened as a museum in 1993.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kapenguria - Location and Historical Background". Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2013-04-09.

1°15′39″N 35°04′42″E / 1.260912°N 35.07835°E / 1.260912; 35.07835