1.
Mzee Jomo
Kenyatta (1894 – August 22,1978)
The founding father and first President of
the nation
2.
Jaramogi
Oginga Odinga (1911 – January 20, 1994)
The first Vice-President and a leader of opposition
movement in the nation
3.
Dedan
Kimathi (October 31, 1920 – February 18, 157)
Leader of the Mau Mau movement
4.
Harry Thuku
(1895 – 1970)
Pioneer of African nationalism
5.
Daniel
Toritich Arap Moi
Second President of the nation
6.
Thomas Joseph Mboya ( August 15, 1930 –
July 5, 1969)
Statesman whose assassination robbed the
nation a nationalist
7.
Henry Masinde
Muliro (1922 – August 14, 1992)
A great politician of the multiparty era
8.
Paul Joseph
Ngei (October 18, 1923 – August 15, 2004)
A politician and one of the Kapenguria six
9.
Ronald Gideon Ngala (1923 - 1972)
The founder of KADDU and a politician who
led the coastal politics
10.
Achieng
Oneko (1920 – June 9, 2007)
A politician, freedom fighter and among the
Kapenguria six
11.
Bildad
Kaggia (1922 – March 7,2005)
One of the Kapenguria six, nationalist and
politician
12.
Eliud
Mathu
First black African member of the LEGCO
13.
Waiyaki
Wa Hinga
A resolute leader who resisted the British colonial
rule
14.
Mbiyu
Koinange
A politician during post-independence Kenya
15.
Kung’u
Karumba
Kapenguria six and freedom fighter
16.
Josiah
Mwangi (J.M) Kariuki
A great politician whose future was cut
short by an assassination
17.
Fred
Kubai
Kapenguria six and freedom fighter
18.
Pio Gama Pinto
(March 31, 1927 – February 25, 1965)
Kenyan Journalist and politician who was a
victim of assassination
19.
Muthoni
Nyanjiru
A woman Field Marshall in the Mau Mau
movement
20.
Kimnyole
Arap Samoei
Nandi Leader who led his people to fight
the European invasion
21.
Mekatilili
wa Menza
A woman leader who led the Giriama people
to revolt against the British colonialist
22.
Argwings
Kodhek
A leading lawyer and politician
23.
Grace
Onyango
First Kenyan woman Mayor and MP
24.
Waruhiu
Itote (General China)
A leader in the Mau Mau movement
25.
Laibon
Lenana
A Maasai ruler who resisted the British colonialism
A freedom fighter and trade unionist
27.
Kenneth Njindo
Matiba
A leading politician in the multiparty
democracy
28.
Martin
Shikuku
Former Butere Member of Parliament and a
vocal politician in the second liberation
29.
Mwai
Kibaki
The third and incumbent President and part
of the multiparty campaigners
30.
Raila
Odinga
The incumbent Prime Minister and a
multiparty crusader
31.
Charles
Rubia
First African mayor and part of the second
liberation
32.
George
Moseti Anyona (1945 - 2003)
A great politician of the multiparty era
33.
Wangari
Maathai (April 1940 – September 25,
2011)
An environmentalist and politician
34.
Michael KijanaWamalwa (November 25, 1944 – August 23, 2003)
A politician and a Young Turk
35.
Rev.
Timothy Njoya
A human rights activist who stood with the
second liberation fighters
36.
Paul
Muite
A politician and a Young Turk
37.
Charity
Ngilu
A politician and was the first woman to run
for presidency
38.
Koigi
Wamwere
A politician, human rights activist and
part of the second liberation heroes
39.
Archbishop
Ndingi Mwana a’ Nzeki
The retired Archbishop was a crusader of
democracy and openly condemned the ethnic clashes in the Rift Valley
40.
Kivutha
Kibwana
Politician and multiparty crusader
41.
Martha
Karua
A brave politician and second liberation heroine
42.
James
Orengo
A politician and one of the Young Turks
43.
Bishop David
Gitari
The third African Archbishop and a
multiparty crusader
44.
Kiraitu
Murungi
A politician and a Young Turk
45.
Gitobu
Imanyara
A politician and a Young Turk
46.
Dr. Willy
Mutunga
The current Chief Justice was a political and
a human rights activist
47.
Gibson
Kamau Kuria
A great lawyer and played an important role
in the second liberation
48.
Khaminwa
John Mugalasinga
Another great senior counsel who also was
pro-multiparty
A clergyman who used the pulpit to advocate
for democracy
50.
Bishop
Henry Okullu
Part of the multiparty democracy campaigner
good work. The list is comprehensive but misses many trade unionists
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