Kenyan Senator Reveals How His Father Hid President Museveni in Kenya in 1978

 

Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka has disclosed a historic and little-known encounter between his family and Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, recounting how his late father, former Cabinet Minister Zachary Onyonka, secretly sheltered Museveni in Kenya decades before he rose to power.

Speaking in a past interview, Senator Onyonka reflected on the dramatic events of 1978, when a young Museveni—then a fugitive escaping the rule of Uganda’s President Milton Obote—found refuge in their family home in Kisii.

The revelation resurfaced amid renewed diplomatic debate triggered by Uganda’s recent arrest of two Kenyan activists. Onyonka used the anecdote to highlight his father’s bold decision during a tense political era in East Africa.TO READ MORE, TAP HERE.