Founding father and first President of the republic mzee Jomo Kenyatta and his deputy who is considered the greatest politician in Nyanza, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga were considered the best of friends as they collaborated in the push for independence.
This was clearly evident, going to an extent of Oginga turning down an offer to take over as the nation's Premier by the then Governor of Kenya Sir Patrick Renison in 1960, proposing Kenyatta who was in detention in Lodwar.
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's relationship with Oginga, however, changed when he became President and started being suspicious of his number two.
This resulted from claims that Jaramogi had been involved in the 1964 Zanzibar revolution, with the allegations further intimating that he funded the coup leader Field Marshal John Okello and also gave him a car and later refuge.
As a result, Kenyatta began monitoring his vice, at one point using his most trusted minister Joseph Murumbi to accompany Jaramogi on his trips to Russia and China, but Murumbi was under strict orders to closely watch Oginga and notify the President on his moves.
In his book 'A Path Not Taken' Murumbi reveals snitching on the leader during a May Day rally in the Soviet Union, reporting back to the President via America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that Oginga was indeed suspicious and had managed to disappear for two days though they shared a hotel.
Murumbi would later take over as Vice President after Jaramogi's resignation.
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