Visit Tom Mboya’s Mausoleum

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(Thomas Joseph Mboya always referred to as the” Political genius").

Tom Mboya’s mausoleum lies on family land at Kasawanga Village on the north side of the island, about 7km by the dirt road from Mbita, or roughly 5km directly across the island. The mausoleum (open most days to visitors) contains various mementoes and gifts Mboya received during his life. The inscription on the grave reads:

THOMAS JOSEPH MBOYA

August 15th 1930 – July 5th 1969

Go and fight like this man

Who fought for mankind’s cause

Who died because he fought

Whose battles are still un won!

You don’t have to know anything about the man to be impressed. In any other surroundings his memorial might seem relatively modest, but on this barren, windswept shore, it stands out like a beacon. Mboya’s family live right next door and are happy to see foreign visitors, who rarely come here.