Wallace Gichere

Wallace Gichere (1955?-April 26, 2008) was a Kenyan photojournalist and social activist.

In 1991, Gichere was thrown by police out a three-story window in his house in Buru Buru, Nairobi, during a crackdown on the Kanu regime, and of which left Gichere paralysed for life.cite news |first=Patrick |last=Wachira |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Veteran photojournalist Wallace Gichere is dead |url=http://www.eastandard.net/news/?id=1143985559&cid=159 |work=East Standard |publisher= |date=2008-04-27 |accessdate=2008-05-01 ] He was confined to his 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 to his plight.

Gichere died on April 26, 2008 at the Kenyatta National Hospital, where he had be admitted for 2 weeks.

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