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| DC Daudi Dabaso Wabera|First Kenya-African DC|Assassinated:June 28,1963 |
A lobby group in Isiolo is planning to have the Isiolo International Airport renamed after first colonial African DC Dabaso Wabare of Isiolo County.
Dabaso Wabera was among the towering Borana fellows of yesteryears who contributed greatly to the struggle of Independence in Kenya.
He was appointed the first Afrcan District Commissioner at the onset of independence and continued to serve the Government of mzee Jomo Kenyatta until his assasination along Garbatulla-Sericho road by Somali bandits who wanted to stem his influence among Boranas and Sakuyes who were attempting to secede from Kenya after influence by Somali tribesmen that led to one of the bloodiest government crackdown in Isiolo county and other Northern Frontier District counties. The highly revered DC was in the Company of the then Senior Chief Hajj Galma Dido who was also murdered alongside the DC.
There are a number of landmarks already named after him such as the *Wabera Street* in Nairobi and Wabera Primary School in Isiolo Town which is the biggest public primary school in Isiolo County.
The lobby group is planning to collect 10000 signatures to convince the state to rename the airport in his honour.
Meru elders and MCAs have earlier made claim to rename Isiolo airport after General Mwariama who it is said was a maumau field marshall but their claim was strongly rebuked by Isiolo County leaders who said the airport is in Isiolo and as such they should not make claims to it.
However,after the current developments, we are keenly waiting to see how this quagmire will pan out.
FORGET GENERAL MWARIAMA,A LOBBY GROUP IN ISIOLO COUNTY NOW WANT AIRPORT NAMED AFTER FIRST COLONIAL DC DABASO WABERA OF ISIOLO COUNTY
A lobby group in Isiolo is planning to have the Isiolo International Airport renamed after first colonial African DC Dabaso Wabera of Isiolo County.
Dabaso Wabera was among the towering Borana fellows of yesteryears who contributed greatly to the struggle of Independence in Kenya.
He was appointed the first Afrcan District Commissioner at the onset of independence and continued to serve the Government of mzee Jomo Kenyatta until his assassination on June 28,1963 along Garbatulla-Sericho road by Somali bandits who wanted to stem his influence among Boranas and Sakuyes who were attempting to secede from Kenya after being influenced by Somali tribesmen that led to one of the bloodiest government crackdown in Isiolo county and other Northern Frontier District counties.
There are a number of landmarks already named after him such as the *Wabera Street* in Nairobi and Wabera Primary School in Isiolo Town which is the biggest public primary school in Isiolo County.
The lobby group is planning to collect 10000 signatures to convince the state to rename the airport in his honour.
Meru elders and MCAs have earlier made claim to rename Isiolo airport after General Mwariama who it is said was a maumau field marshall but their claim was strongly rebuked by Isiolo County leaders who said the airport is in Isiolo and as such they should not make claims to it.
However,after the current developments,we are keenly waiting to see how this quagmire will pan out.
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