On August 1, 1982, at 3am, Kenya Air Force personnel seized the Voice of Kenya radio station and announced that Moi had been overthrown. For six hours, Nairobi held its breath. Students poured into the streets. Shops were looted. The army stayed in barracks. Then loyalist forces moved. By noon, the coup had collapsed. The retribution was brutal: 159 air force personnel were court-martialled, twelve executed, the entire Kenya Air Force disbanded. The coup failed because it lacked coordination, popular support, and any clear plan beyond removing Moi. But it came closer than most people know.