The power of Jomo Kenyatta
Death pardons and chasing diplomats with sticks
Witness History · BBC World Service
September 26, 202210m 27s
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Show Notes
In the 1970s, Sharad Rao was Kenya’s assistant director of public prosecutions, working closely with Kenyan leader Jomo Kenyatta who was seen as ruthless and unpredictable.
Rao took the unusual step of defying Kenyatta’s orders by refusing to jail students after they rioted about chapatis in 1972.
Rao also tells Alex Collins how he witnessed Kenyatta chasing a British diplomat with a stick.
(Photo: Jomo Kenyatta. Credit: BBC)