Hezekiah Ochuka

Hezekiah Ochuka
Born23 July 1953
Nyakach, Kisumu District, Kenya
Died9 July 1987(1987-07-09) (aged 33)
Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Nairobi, Kenya
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Other namesAwour

Hezekiah Rabala Ochuka (23 July 1953 – 9 July 1987) was a Senior Private in the Kenya Air Force who claimed to have ruled Kenya for about six hours after attempting a coup against president Daniel arap Moi. Ochuka was the centre of the 1982 attempted coup, which then-president Daniel arap Moi defeated in less than a day. Hezekiah's military knowledge and connections enabled him to organize and attempt a coup against the Kenyan Government, and he assumed the title of chairman of a so-called "People's Redemption Council" that planned to replace President Moi. The Kenyan military crushed the coup within a few hours.

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