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<v Speaker 1>On this daily Working Class History the twenty fourth of January,

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<v Speaker 1>and on the twenty fourth of January nineteen sixty four,

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<v Speaker 1>a mutiny broke out amongst soldiers near Nairobi and in Nakuru, Kenya,

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<v Speaker 1>in protest at low pay for African soldiers. The rebels

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<v Speaker 1>seized weapons and ammunition from an armory at the Lannet Barracks,

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<v Speaker 1>then went on a sit down strike. Kenyan independence leader

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<v Speaker 1>and Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta promised that mutineers would be

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<v Speaker 1>quote dealt with firmly end quote then called in British

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<v Speaker 1>troops to suppress the rebellion. A U S destroyer also

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<v Speaker 1>rushed to the area to back up UK forces. In

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<v Speaker 1>the repression, one African soldier was killed and one soldier

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<v Speaker 1>and one passer by were wounded. It was the third

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<v Speaker 1>such rebellion that week in East Africa. British troops also

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<v Speaker 1>suppressed mutinies with similar demands in Tanzania and Uganda, again

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<v Speaker 1>at the invitation of the new anti colonial leaders and

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<v Speaker 1>See you tomorrow,