About "Kapenguria Museum"
The Kapenguria Museum is a museum located in Kapenguria, Kenya.[1] The museum is located inside the prison where prominent leaders of the Kenyan independence movement (the Kapenguria Six: Jomo Kenyatta, Kungu Karumba, Fred Kubai, Paul Ngei, Bildad Kaggia and Ramogi Achieng Oneko) were held and put on trial in 1952/3. The museum features galleries in the former cells of the prison, including displays on these leaders and the struggle against colonialism, and houses a memorial library in their honour.
The museum also features ethnographic galleries about the Pokot people.
It was opened as a museum in 1993.
Location
Kapenguria, Kenya, West Pokot County
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