Tom Mboya
Kenyan politician and independence activist (1930-1969) · Kenya · On the map · Politicians · Died at 38
Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya was a Kenyan politician and labour leader. He was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Kenya.
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He led the negotiations for independence at the Lancaster House Conferences and was instrumental in the formation of Kenya's independence party - the Kenya African National Union (KANU) - where he served as its first Secretary-General. He laid the foundation for Kenya's capitalist and mixed economy policies at the height of the Cold War and set up several of the country's key labour institutions. Mboya was Minister for Economic Planning and Development when he was assassinated.
