19 Facts About Dennis Akumu

Dennis Akumu was a Kenyan politician, trade unionist and independence freedom fighter.

Dennis Akumu was the first secretary general of the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity.

James Dennis "JD" Obong Akumu was born to Blasto Akumu and Patricia Abuya in Nyakach in the then Nyanza Province of Kenya.

Dennis Akumu was a Kenyan trade unionist and politician who was the MP for Nyakach from 1969 to 1973, and from 1992 to 1997.

Dennis Akumu's younger sister Asenath Bole Ogada was a novelist and publisher who promoted writing in Dholuo.

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Dennis Akumu's calling as an organizer and champion for workers' rights was honed when he joined the Distributive and Commercial Workers Union and.

Dennis Akumu went on to work as the district organizer for staff of the Local Government Worker's Union in Nairobi.

Dennis Akumu expanded his horizons and travelled with Mboya regionally in Africa but to the US and Europe.

Dennis Akumu negotiated better wages and terms of employment for all.

Dennis Akumu worked tirelessly and leaving the Dockworkers Union was very difficult for him but he was called to Nairobi to lead the Central Organization of Trade Unions.

In 1965, Dennis Akumu joined the Central Organization of Trade Unions of Kenya as a Deputy General Secretary.

In 1958, Mboya encouraged Dennis Akumu to accept the position of the General Secretary of the Mombasa Dock Workers' Union, a position he cherished and was rewarded for by being reelected four times to serve for ten years.

In 1960, Dennis Akumu won a seat and served as the first of the four Africans in the Mombasa City Council for two years.

Dennis Akumu was called to share his expertise, experience and make recommendations in 2001 at the Mombasa Workshop at a session with Lancaster House constitution Making veterans; in 2003 at the Plenary Proceedings, Presentation at Lancaster House held at the Bomas of Kenya; and as an Observer during the historic Constitution of Kenya Review Commission National Constitution conference in 2005.

Dennis Akumu was first detained by the Kenyatta government in 1966 for almost a year owing to his involvement in politics.

Dennis Akumu was honored to represent the people of Nyakach in Parliament and as Member of Parliament, he worked for and attained improvements for his constituents as is fondly remembered for improving roads, broadening access to piped water, ensuring better health services andfacilitating access to higher education through his international networks to the United States, Europe, Asia and across Africa.

Dennis Akumu worked tirelessly to unite Africans, narrow ideological differences, restore African workers' dignity and resist forces of exploitation for Africa's independence.

Dennis Akumu was instrumental in the reburial of President Kwame Nkrumah and the establishment of the WEB Dubois Center in Accra, Ghana.

Dennis Akumu sought medical attention in different medical facilities but unfortunately, his health deteriorated.