Kapenguria Six

The Kapenguria Seven – Bildad Kaggia, Kung'u Karumba, Jomo Kenyatta, Fred Kubai, Paul Ngei, Achieng' Oneko and Elijah Masinde Wa Nameme– were seven leading Kenyan nationalists who were arrested in 1952, tried at Kapenguria in 1952–53, and imprisoned thereafter in Northern Kenya. However, Elijah Masinde Wa Nameme a vocal luhya prophet and leader was arrested, tried and imprisoned in 1948 to 1961 in Kapenguria. Elijah was the longest serving prisoner, he spent 13 years in Kapenguria prison.

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