Why Kenya's Airforce Launched a Bloody Coup in 1982

[@Time12345A]

Thank you, African Biographics, this was a beautiful yet painful bit of history about my beloved country, Kenya 🇰🇪. Let's learn from the past as Africans love each other and change the tide of our beautiful continent. 🌍 💙❤️💚🙏🏽

[@Mumbi.G]

Thank you for taking the time to prepare this and like the attention to details

[@brianrunyon266]

Thanks for covering this. From what I've read, nothing went right from the start. They didn't arrest ministers and such, among other things that caused it to fall apart.

[@melmarubu]

I lived through this period in Kenya. I must say I really appreciate the way you tell a story. Very well done🎉

[@frankdpark]

Thank you this is fantastic and well produced, bringing back memories of life in South B...

[@bryanbabusi4977]

Beautiful Documentary keep it up 👍👏

[@dennismacharia1761]

A good and informative video please do another on Kenya's post election violence in 2007

[@ArthurB26]

Air Force: Why do armies only get to overthrow governments? 😔

[@Kaltagstar96]

I'm genuinely thinking: Is this the only time that the Airforce have conducted a coup instead of the army?

[@1anre]

@Kaltagstar96 Apart from Jerry Rawlings of Ghana, who was in the airforce, i can't think of any successful coup in Africa that's been conducted by actual officers of the Airforce branch of the armed forces.

[@Pancasilaist8752]

​@@Kaltagstar96there also a airforce coup in bolivia led by rené barrientos. The guy is famous for capturing che guevara.

[@DonAlpha]

Thanks for this video , please also do another video on the first Kenyan coup of 1971 which got foiled

[@martino6205]

That was a mutiny

[@melmarubu]

However, that one was so inconsequential. Most Kenyans did not even know it took place. Am so proud of our country Kenya. We have experienced peaceful transitions since independence

[@papd3532]

@@melmarubu Kenya has had only 2 peaceful transitions in post independence history,1978 and 2002 .

[@deepnudist5055]

Moi allowed the coup to happen to allow him to eliminate his opponents and other threats like Charles Njonjo

[@zack7438]

Although Moi was a dictator, one of his redeeming qualities is that he stopped Kenya from spiralling into political instability. He kept the country afloat at a time when many African countries were becoming failed states.

[@Mumbi.G]

Are you sure Kenya would have spiralled into political instability? This is just what moi supporters keep stating but it cannot be known where Kenya would have been

[@zack7438]

@@Mumbi.G Of course; No African country has ever recovered from a military coup.

[@jaydenmaura457]

1992 molo jua historia bana

[@papd3532]

Kenya life expectancy dropped from 1982 to its lowest in 1999 at 53 years as a result of Daniel Moi dictatorship . After 2002 Kenya life expectancy improved to its highest until roughly 61.5(women higher above 65) in 2013 . Between 2013 and 2023 Kenya's life expectancy has increased by less than 1.5 years and is currently starting to drop .

[@melmarubu]

That I must say was kudos to President Moi

[@GOODKiDMANCiTY]

This coup is rarely talked about in school 😂

[@AfricanDive]

Well covered

[@johngachugu305]

Also Major Peter Ngugi Ikenye who was his ADC wore a military jungle combat plus a machine gun to protect President Moi during that scary moment.

[@jonathankaranja5857]

Is this the same Ikenye who is the father to the beautiful newscaster who used to be at Nation TV (now NTV)?

[@johngachugu305]

No.

[@lee81721]

​@@jonathankaranja5857 Yes

[@johngachugu305]

The attempted coup changed Moi completely as from 1978 until 1982 he was a good guy.

[@dantatadangote4700]

He was not. He was corrupt, and his attempt to ruin democracy by his One-Party constitutional amendment is what caused the coup.

[@1anre]

What did he become ?

[@johngachugu305]

He became the iron fist.

[@princeodogwu]

That’s a lie, he trampled opposition before the coup. He always made Kenya a one party state

[@TheTororist]

at least he stepped down unlike leaders of africa at the time@@johngachugu305

[@DonAlpha]

The bloody coup that never bore fruit and left many lives in jeopardy

[@manyonkiri7896]

Can you do a video of the UPC from Cameroon?

[@keithtait7049]

Thank you for a fantastic video.

[@bayokoebi9351]

Kenya is one of the best country in the world even though am Nigerian

[@Dethecoolest12]

Why not do a video on William V.S Truman, he was the longest President in Liberia history, the father of Modern Liberia

[@AfricanBiographics]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@Dethecoolest12]

thanks for the educative content I've learned a lot watching African Biographies

[@chance9947]

You mean President Tubman..

[@Dethecoolest12]

Yeah

[@Dethecoolest12]

Thanks for the correction

[@destinydeans]

You should also talk about captain Solo of Zambia who attempted a coup

[@papd3532]

In 1964 Kenya Airforce Daniel Owino plotted a mutiny against President Jomo Kenyatta from Lanet Barracks Nakuru Kenya . In 1964 Ugandan Luo-Langi John Gideon Okello led a revolution in Zanzibar against the Omani Arabs led by Sultan Jamshid Bin Abdullah who fled to exile in the UK . 17000 Arabs died freeing the black Bantu population from 500 years of Omani Arab subjugation . Tanganyika and Zanzibar United to become Tanzania .

[@juliusabigaba2805]

All these years I wasn't aware there was once an attempted coup in Kenya 😮

[@martino6205]

The Army recruited anyone with 32 teeth. The junior airforce men had to have A-Levels or technical diplomas. To date, the airforce still recruits people with minimum university entry grades, which unfortunately makes airmen to be the same education levels with the officer ranks of the army and navy, hence the bad blood.

[@papd3532]

In 1969 Kenya Nationalist Tom Mboya was assassinated . In 1971 Kenya Airforce Fighter Pilot Frederick Collins Omondi Oyoo(The best trained fighter pilot in post-independence Kenya graduating top of his class in Israel and UK) together with Airforce Joseph Daniel Owino(died in exile in London in 2012)Japheth Oyangi, Silvanus Oduor, Juvenalis Aoko, Ahmed Aden,Kenya Army Major Ndolo and Kenya Intellectuals including Makerere University Prof Ouma Muga Plotted a coup against Jomo Kenyatta . Dedan Gichuru who had graduated second last place in the same Airforce class as Frederick Collins Omondi Oyoo was rapidly promoted by Jomo Kenyatta later becoming the first Black Airforce Commander in post independence Kenya . In 1971 VP Oginga Odinga was placed under house arrest by Jomo Kenyatta .

[@HAIDAYY]

Me making sure that I have that marshall music ready when I attempt a coup 😅😅

[@theconqueringram5295]

Tragic, but fascinating story.

[@felixnzeki4163]

Nothing tragic, the coup failed. Kenyan economy continued to be plundered by the elites.

[@lukeunderwood9832]

Do a video about José Eduardo dos Santos 2nd president of Angola🇦🇴

[@eldios831]

Fact is the coup well was well known before it happened....It was allowed to happen to grip more to power....lesson from this the Kenyan intelligence service is highly efficient moreso when it comes to high echelon....Lesson to remember dont plan a lot with kenyans there will always be snitches 😂😂😂😂😂

[@bellaolum9768]

😂😂😂

[@einsteindisguisedasrobinho717]

He looks like Don Cheadle

[@bellaolum9768]

Who does?

[@tkk3852]

Nice content

[@1anre]

"Privates" arent officers. They are others ranks or better yet "airmen" It was an NCO-driven coup. Where there any actual Officer-cadre men who participated in the coup?

[@lukeunderwood9832]

You could also do a video about William Tobert a American Liberian who was executed in 1980 by Master Sergent Samuel K Doe

[@papd3532]

In 1982 Independence VP Oginga Odinga supported Kenya Airforce coup against Daniel Moi led by Senior Private Hezekiah Ochuka, Sgt Pancreas Oteyo Okumu,Sgt Ogidi Obuon,Sgt Samuel Opiyo,Cpl Obuon,Capt Agola,Fenwicks Chesoli Odira,James Odemba,Cpl Akoth,Atila,Charles Oriwa Hongo,Mirasi,Cpl Njereman,Major Mutua . In 1982 VP Oginga Odinga was placed under house arrest by Daniel Moi .

[@papd3532]

In 1971 Idi Amin staged a coup against President Milton Obote and became president of Uganda . Milton Obote had criticized the apartheid regime in South Africa and the UK government detested his position on South Africa . Britain then supported Idi Amin’s coup against Milton Obote .

[@papd3532]

In 1979 Uganda exiles in Tanzania, Kenya led by Gen Tito Okello, Gen Bazillio Olara Okello, Gen Oyite Ojok together with Airforce Commander Major Alfred Otto, Airforce Cpt Harry Oluoch , Cpt Peter Oringi , Lt Col John Ogole , Buffalo Commander Major Eric Odwar, Cpt Oyile, Lt Okot,Lt Okumu supported by Tanzania President Julius Nyerere and Kenya VP Oginga Odinga launched a rebellion against Idi Amin through Mwanza ,Tanzania/Kisumu ,Kenya on L. Victoria restoring President Milton Obote .

[@osahonabraham7344]

What’s your name sir African biographics

[@bellaolum9768]

If you listen to the end, he says his name

[@Munthasir123]

Love this channel it breaks down complex reasons for all the coup instead of the simplified explanation traditional media gives. Media: He was an imperialist or Soviet puppet!

[@luvagamangeni8677]

Do you think the coup made Moi into who he was or did the people who attempted the coup know something about him that others didn't? I don't know. But looking at it with hindsight, I think they were on to something.

[@cobwebtheorem7538]

The coup made him into who he became. His 'Nyayo' philosophy initially meant following in the footsteps of his predecessor. He was ruling with the entire administration left by Kenyatta. After the coup he sought to surround himself with his tribesmen, that were very few in Nairobi. He changed the education system overnight, doing away with 'A'-Levels so that 'his' people could move straight from Form Four to university...very long story there.

[@Reguis1000]

Lee Njirus"the presidents pressman" book, says Charles Taylor from Liberia visited kenya in the early 1980s. He says he was the one that spoke to soldiers and this was the reason for the coup. Good book on history but doesnt talk the deterioration of the kenya state thorough corruption in the kenyatta and moi era

[@kiuk_kiks]

As a Kenyan national in the diaspora, I remember rumours about this coup growing up. Talks about mass r pes of Indian and white wo men, mass shootings and anarchy. My parents don’t even talk about it.

[@answerman9933]

Why do young people often seem to think that they know more about running society than the adults who have gone before them?

[@dj2prince]

Just because someone is old doesn’t mean they know how to do something better than somebody young.

[@skipperson4077]

@@dj2prince in theory you learn something everyday, I'd say do the math but not sure you get the point. A lack of respect for the elders doesn't bode well for human rights in general and a lot of these coups end up as 'meet the new boss, same as the old boss, only worse'...

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

​@@skipperson4077I wish the elders KNOW what they are doing so that I can respect them. My grandfather is the unreasonable person I have ever come across in my life and ruined a lot of my relatives' lives, including my late grandmother (whom he kept feeding food that should not be fed to a confirmed diabetic for 2 years)...

[@SudeysAbdullahi]

Undetailed story

[@jimmykariuki4340]

There was Raira,s hand behind it,,

[@michaelmarlow6789]

As I see today in 2024 history is actually on replay the Gen Z are on the same agenda.

[@user-tk6lc8zv9c]

The aitforce didnt have degree holders then except for doctors and other few proffesionals.

[@omarswaleh1852]

❤

[@Avaricumstudios]

I'm so glad this didn't work.....Military rule is one of the reasons why many countries in Africa look like crap

[@ismailadan556]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@futuredoctor1966]

D moi is in the hell And gor is asking him about wakalla genocide

[@ahmedali-jv9ir]

can we have a video about eritrea Dictator and how went from a national hero to a ruthless dictator

[@johnfelixnatala6777]

There was no coup in Kenya ,it was a plan by moi and a selfish wing of the military to paint the Air force as rogue coz itha the brains and mostly feom luo nyanza n western kenya..there was no coup !😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@melmarubu]

I lived through this period in Kenya. I must say I really appreciate the way you tell a story. Very well done🎉

[@mitchtheronin1469]

Did you loot aswell?😂