Bruce McKenzie
Bruce McKenzie (born January 1919 in Richmond , Natal Province , † May 24, 1978 ) was a Cape British Kenyan Agriculture Minister in Kenya .
McKenzie graduated from Hilton College in Natel and joined the South African Air Force in 1939.
In 1946 he emigrated to Kenya and became a farmer in Nakuru County . In 1957 he was elected to the Legislative Council of Kenya and in 1959 appointed Minister of Agriculture. The British had pushed for it the previous year in connection with the transfer of the White Highlands to Africa. In 1963 he also became a Specially Elected Member in the House of Representatives. He became an advisor to Jomo Kenyatta . In 1970 he retired from politics.
After his first marriage (1946–1964), from which he had three children, he married Alice Christina Bridgeman in 1967, a daughter of Henry Bridgeman (1882–1972), with whom he had two sons.
In addition to his real estate, he gained a large number of industrial holdings and board positions. These included shares in "Air Kenya", the automobile company "Cooper Motors" and a chain of cattle ranches in the Rift Valley.
He is believed to have had good contacts with MI6 and Mossad, and has been widely referred to as a spy for various nations. His people were involved in the capture of three Palestinians and two Germans in Nairobi in January 1976, who were accused of planning a terrorist attack on an El Al machine, and their deportation to Israel. In preparation for Operation Entebbe (June / July 1976) he made his private plane available for aerial photographs. Then, on the return flight, he also made the refueling stop in Nairobi possible.
He often went on business trips, including to Uganda . On May 24, 1978, on the return flight from Uganda, together with Keith Savage, Gavin Whitelaw and Paul Lennox (pilot), his Piper-Aztec exploded over the Ngong Mountains , about a quarter of an hour before the planned landing at Wilson Airport .
Uganda correspondent Okello claimed that the explosion was planned by Idi Amin and Bob Astles and that a gift was a time bomb. Frank Terpil is also mentioned in this context . The objection is that Idi Amin, even if he may be angry about his destroyed MIGs, would have had an earlier opportunity to assassinate McKenzie. Der Spiegel believes, citing insiders in Nairobi, to know that McKenzie is said to have tried to get into the business with smuggled coffee from Uganda, which the Kenyatta clan had reserved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kenya's first Independence CANOE Cabinet ( Memento from August 27, 2014 on WebCite ). Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ↑ Dirty blood. In: Der Spiegel June 5, 1978, pp. 131–135.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McKenzie, Bruce |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan Minister of Agriculture |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Richmond , Natal Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1978 |