
Paul Olind
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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities
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1/ In 1977, a British media crew visited Kenya to document the European community that chose to stay after independence. The clips I’ll share below explore themes of race relations, land ownership, and the role of expatriates in post-independence Kenya. 📹ThamesTv
Paul Olind61,653 views • 11 months ago

Tanzanian troops storming Jinja giving off Soviet vibes. By this time, Kampala had already fallen, but there remained a fear that the then named Owen Falls Dam, which supplied electricity to most of the country would be sabotaged. It was captured intact. 📹AP Archive
Paul Olind64,108 views • 1 year ago

The unit arguably has the most storied history within KDF's infantry battalions as it's a direct descendant of the 11th KAR that fought in WW2 under the 25th EA Brigade in Burma (now Myanmar). They've served well post-independence from the Shifta War to Operation Linda Nchi
Paul Olind10,654 views • 5 months ago

There's a gem of a YouTube channel that has lots of historical clips on the Kenyan military like this clip from 1972, a lot of these men likely fought in the Shifta War. You see a lot of vintage equipment here like the Saladin armoured car, Caribou plane etc 📹The Archives
Paul Olind21,686 views • 1 year ago

An unverified video circulating online allegedly shows Kenyans fighting for Russia in Ukraine. However, the men in the clip are unmistakably Kenyan, with some heard saying, “Who’s complaining here?” “Aren’t we doing a good job?” and “Those stories out there are just tales.”
Paul Olind14,373 views • 11 months ago
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