Wallace Gichere
Wallace Gichere (1955? – April 26, 2008) was a Kenyan photojournalist and social activist.
Life and Death
[edit]In 1991, Gichere was thrown by police out of a three-story window in his house in Buru Buru, Nairobi, during a crackdown on the Kanu regime, an event which left Gichere paralysed for life.[1] He needed to use a wheelchair and had no way of earning an income, so he fought for compensation from the Kenyan government for almost a decade, including staging a hunger strike at the Attorney-General's chambers for several days and nights; however, no government official heeded his plight.[1]
Gichere died on April 26, 2008, at the Kenyatta National Hospital, where he had been admitted for two weeks.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Wachira, Patrick (2008-04-27). "Veteran photojournalist Wallace Gichere is dead". East Standard. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
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