Paul Ngei
? – 2004 Kenyan nationalist, Kapenguria Six defendant, cabinet minister
Kamba nationalist and member of the Kapenguria Six who later served for decades in independent Kenya.
- Affiliations
- Kenya African Union, KANU
Paul Joseph Ngei carried the Akamba thread into the national independence movement. He was active in KAU politics, appeared in accounts of the militant Nairobi wing, and was arrested and tried with Jomo Kenyatta, Bildad Kaggia, Fred Kubai, Kung'u Karumba, and Achieng Oneko as one of the Kapenguria Six. After release he became a major Kamba politician and a long-serving minister, making him both a freedom-struggle figure and part of the postcolonial establishment.
In the timeline
- 1889 Masaku wa Munyeti, the Kamba seer who named Machakos mentioned
- 1944 The Kenya African Union Is Founded KAU nationalist
- 1951 The Muhimu central committee is formed militant KAU organizer
- 1952 The Kapenguria Trial Kapenguria Six defendant
- 1952 State of Emergency and Operation Jock Scott arrested
- 1963 Kenya becomes independent under Jomo Kenyatta as Mau Mau veterans are sidelined independence generation politician