Information on whether "Muungano wa Wazalendo wa Kukomboa Kenya" is an acronym or a derogative for Mwakenya and whether the name has been in current use since 1983 or whether it was only used before independence [KEN19622.E]

According to The Draft Minimum Programme of Mwakenya, the organization started in June 1982 and the name MWAKENYA was coined on 1 February 1985 in preparation for a unity conference (ibid., Sept. 1987, 16). This source states that
Various patriotic Kenyan political organisations united and formalized MWAKENYA, (an acronym for: MUUNGANO WA WAZALENDO WA KUKOMBOA KENYA - UNION OF PATRIOTS FOR THE LIBERATION OF KENYA) (ibid., 17).

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Reference


Muungano wa Wazalendo wa Kukomboa Kenya (Union of Patriots for the Liberation of Kenya). September 1987. The Draft Minimum Programme of Mwakenya. Nairobi: Muungano wa Wazalendo wa Kukomboa Kenya (Union of Patriots for the Liberation of Kenya, pp. 16-19.

Attachment

Muungano wa Wazalendo wa Kukomboa Kenya (Union of Patriots for the Liberation of Kenya). September 1987. The Draft Minimum Programme of Mwakenya. Nairobi: Kenya.