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Mboya, Tom

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Mboya, Tom (Thomas Joseph) (1930–1969)

Kenyan politician and trade unionist. He helped found the Kenya African National Union (KANU) in 1960, becoming its secretary general. A prominent pan-Africanist, he was elected chair of the All-African People's Conference in Ghana during 1958. He served as minister of labour prior to independence in 1963, and became minister of economic affairs from 1964 until his assassination.

Mboya also founded and led the Kenya Local Government Workers' Union in 1952, and the Kenya Federation of Labour (KFL).



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