Mboya, Tom

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1930-08-15
Death 1969-07-05
Kenyans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Unknown.

From the guide to the Letters from Tom Mboya to James Johnson M.P. (microfilm), 1957, (The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House)

Biographical Note

1930 Born, Kenya 1950s Works for Nairobi City Council as a sanitary inspector 1953 July Attends Third World Conference of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions in Stockholm 1953 October Becomes Secretary General of the Kenya Federation of Registered Trade Unions, subsequently the Kenya Federation of Labor 1955 1956 Studies at Oxford University 1956 Undertakes first speaking tour of the United States 1957 Elected Member of the Legislative Council of Kenya 1958 December Serves as chairman of the All African Peoples Conference in Accra, Ghana 1959 Visits the United States and forms the African-American Students Foundation in conjunction with William Scheinman. This foundation initiates the student airlift program that brings Kenyan students to the United States and Canada 1960 Becomes Secretary General of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), a political party which supports Jomo Kenyatta Supervises second student airlift program 1960 January 1960 February Participates in the Lancaster House negotiations on Kenyan independence, in London 1962 Participates in second Lancaster House conference on Kenyan independence Becomes Minister for Labor 1963 Author, Freedom and After 1963 1964 Serves as Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs 1964 1969 Serves as Minister for Economic Planning and Development 1969 July 5 Assassinated in Nairobi

From the guide to the Tom Mboya papers, 1950-1969, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)

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Subjects:

  • Education
  • Education
  • Labor movement
  • Pan

Occupations:

  • Statesmen

Places:

  • Africa. (as recorded)
  • Kenya (as recorded)
  • Kenya Politics and government (as recorded)

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