Fidel Castro's style of dressing inspired me – Nelson Havi

Havi has been seen on several occasions wearing the olive green military-style tunic.

In Summary
  • Havi has been seen on several occasions wearing the olive green military-style tunic, such as that which was worn by Castro.
  • Asked what the inspiration behind the uniform was, he said, "It is the struggle by Fidel Castro, a distinguished lawyer, a distinguished communist and a man who joined the world".
Former LSK President Nelson Havi
Former LSK President Nelson Havi
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Former President of the Law Society of Kenya Nelson Havi has revealed the reason behind his signature dress code.

Speaking in an interview on Spice FM, Havi said he was inspired by the former Cuban President Fidel Castro.

Havi has been seen on several occasions wearing the olive green military-style tunic, such as that which was worn by Castro.

Asked what the inspiration behind the uniform was, he said, "It is the struggle by Fidel Castro, a distinguished lawyer, a distinguished communist and a man who joined the world."

Havi was at the time wearing the garb, complete with a belt.

Castro first wore the uniform on July 25, 2006, raising eyebrows in the country and marking the beginning of his revolution. 

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro
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The former President came out in the olive green tunic on the eve of the anniversary of the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks as he paid homage to the rebels killed in the attack. 

The Moncada Barracks attack was led by a small group of revolutionaries led by Castro on July 26, 1953.

The attack failed and the surviving revolutionaries were imprisoned. 

On September 3, 2010, Castro added olive green pants to the earlier look, his first full military ensemble since 2006, during an outdoor speech at the University of Havana.

Castro served as a revolutionary and politician from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.

Ideologically, Castro was a Marxist–Leninist and also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011.

Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalised, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.

Marxism–Leninism is a communism ideology that seeks to turn a capitalist state into a socialist state.

Marxist–Leninists reject anarchism, left communism, currents of democratic socialism, reformist socialism, and social democracy.

They oppose fascism, liberal democracy, and imperialism.

Castro handed over provisional power in July 2006 because of health problems and formally relinquished the presidency in February 2008.

The former Cuban leader died aged 90 in 2016.

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