After managing to mobilise his troops at Embakasi, Eastleigh and Nanyuki, Snr Private Hezekiah Ochuka appeared at the Kenya Broadcasting Cooperation then Voice of Kenya studios.
Records obtained from archives gives bits of perhaps what transpired when the Air Force men temporary took over from retired President Daniel Moi, who was then miles away at Kabarak.
The August 1982 coup, organised by few Air Force men, with exclusion of Kenya Army, for a moment, could have made Kenyans believe that all was over.
In an audio, at least four men goes on air, where the first speaker asks civilians to stay indoors. Also, he asks police to revert to civilian lives.
Another speaker, steps up and says that the change of guard was supported by the entire Defense Forces and that everything will be restored to normalcy.
Coup plotter Hezekiah Ochuka, stepped up with the historical speech where he condemned Moi's government for tolerating corruption, nepotism, tribalism among others.
Authoritatively, he is heard saying that the coup was an internal affair, adding that Kenya will continue cooperating with diplomatic friends.
"It's with great pleasure I announce to you, the overthrowing of the corrupt regime of Daniel Moi by the patriotic troops. As I speak to you, the country is firmly under the armed forces.
"Every care has been taken to make the revolution as bloodless as possible. Over the past few years, this country has been turned from open to a closed dictatorial society. The fundamental principles, which our fore fathers fought for, have been compromised," he is heard saying in part of his speech.
To crown, Ochuka handed over to SONU chairman Titus Adungosi, who pledged allegiance to the new government on behalf of the students.
Loyal forces crushed the coup with General Mohamoud Mohammed, then the Kenya Army boss and later Chief of Defense Forces taking charge in the streets of Nairobi.
Ochuka would be hanged in 1987 after being found guilty of treason while Adungosi, the fierce student leader, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He would later die at Naivasha Maximum under unclear circumstances days before finishing his term.
Daniel Moi went on to rule the country for 24 years. In 1992, he was forced into submission by the West to allow pluralism. He retired to his Kabarak home in 2002.