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POLITICS

The Mysterious Death Of Former President Uhuru's Brother Few Days To Elections; See What Happened

The death of one of President Uhuru Kenyatta's brothers has been a mystery for 44 years. Inexplicable circumstances surround Peter Muigai Kenyatta's untimely demise, and his exact cause of death remains unknown. Muigai was Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's eldest son from his first marriage to Grace Wahu.

  2 months ago ago
The Mysterious Death Of Former President Uhuru's Brother Few Days To Elections; See What Happened

POLITICS

The Day Late JM Kariuki's Front 4 Teeth Were Knocked Out By Mzee Kenyatta's Bodyguard, See Why

In an altercation on March 2, 1975, a man who served as Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's bodyguard in the 1970s knocked out the minister's front teeth. A panel that comprised Arthur Wanyoike Thungu was questioning Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, an assistant minister and the member of parliament for Nyandarua North.

  2 months ago ago
The Day Late JM Kariuki's Front 4 Teeth Were Knocked Out By Mzee Kenyatta's Bodyguard, See Why

POLITICS

How Jeff Koinange's Family is Connected to That of Former President Uhuru Kenyatta

Jeff Mwaura Koinange MBS (born 7 January 1966) is a Kenyan journalist and host of Jeff Koinange Live, a talk show on Citizen TV since February 2017. He is also the host, alongside Professor Hamo, of the breakfast show at HOT 96, the English-language station owned by Royal Media Services.

  2 months ago ago
How Jeff Koinange's Family is Connected to That of Former President Uhuru Kenyatta

POLITICS

Check Out Where The 3 Kenya's Former Presidents Were Laid to Rest (Photos)

Jomo Kenyatta Kenya's most powerful president, Jomo Kenyatta, kicked the container on August 22, 1978. Kenyatta's funeral was described as "one of the most magnificent ever" in a 2011 Country article. Mzee Kenyatta died in 1978, and his ashes were interred in the mausoleum.

  2 months ago ago
Check Out Where The 3 Kenya's Former Presidents Were Laid to Rest (Photos)

POLITICS

History: Mzee Kenyatta Knew He was About to Die; See The Rituals He Did With Moi Before His Death

In the latter days of his life, Kenya's first president, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, summoned his vice president, Daniel Moi, to Nakuru State Lodge. According to Lee Njiru, Kenyatta's information officer and afterwards Moi's press secretary, Mzee had requested his VP whether he might give two goats for slaughter.

  2 months ago ago
History: Mzee Kenyatta Knew He was About to Die; See The Rituals He Did With Moi Before His Death

POLITICS

Meet Kenyatta's Bodyguard Who Ended Up Becoming A Powerful Minister

Former cabinet minister Major (Rtd) Marsden Madoka with retired President Uhuru Kenyatta ( Photo Courtesy) For some months, Marsden Herman Madoka used to stand behind Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first President, as his Aide-de-camp. Rightfully regarded as one of Kenya's founding fathers, Major ( Rtd) Madoka joined the colonial army even before Kenya achieved independence from Britain in 1963.

  2 months ago ago
Meet Kenyatta's Bodyguard Who Ended Up Becoming A Powerful Minister

POLITICS

The Day Former President Threatened to Beat His Vice President

Kenya's founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was believed to have been a disciplinarian so much so that he would threaten to personally beat Ministers who would offend him. After a verbal argument, he once threatened to beat Joseph Murumbi, his vice president at the time. One day, he threatened to beat me.

  2 months ago ago
The Day Former President Threatened to Beat His Vice President

POLITICS

History: Mzee Kenyatta's 4-year War That Almost Killed His Presidency

Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, was known for handling disagreements with an iron fist. However, one event almost made him lose his resolve. A few weeks after Kenya got its independence in 1963, Mzee Kenyatta faced a crisis that would test his patience and strength to the very limit.

  4 months ago ago
History: Mzee Kenyatta's 4-year War That Almost Killed His Presidency

SOCIETY

Story Of When A Fellow Prisoner Attempted To Attack The Late Jomo Kenyatta While In Prison.

Hello guys and welcome back again for another great article. Today we will check at a story of when a fellow inmate tried to kill the late mzee Jomo Kenyatta While in Prison. According to Elizabeth Watkins' book Jomo's Jailers, Kenyatta's adversaries allegedly persuaded Kariuki Chotara to knife him after the criminal had been jailed for three murders.

  2 months ago ago
Story Of When A Fellow Prisoner Attempted To Attack The Late Jomo Kenyatta While In Prison.

POLITICS

The Day This Man Roughed Up Mzee Kenyatta Outside Parliament; See How The Man Mysteriously Died

Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the country's first president, once got into a fight with a reporter outside of parliament. Jomo's attorney Fitz De Souza disclosed in his autobiography, Forward to Independence, that Pio Gama Pinto also promised to fix Jomo. De Souza described in the book how he was outside parliament enjoying a tea break when he heard someone screaming his name.

  5 months ago ago
The Day This Man Roughed Up Mzee Kenyatta Outside Parliament; See How The Man Mysteriously Died

POLITICS

Meet The Man Who Replaced Mzee Kenyatta at Uhuru's Wedding, See What Claimed His Life

While his son, the Former President Uhuru Kenyatta, was only 18 years old, Kenya's first president, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, passed away in 1978. The elderly dad took his final bow as his son was entering adulthood, thus he effectively missed the joyous occasion of Uhuru's 1989 marriage to Margaret Kenyatta, the love of his life.

  5 months ago ago
Meet The Man Who Replaced Mzee Kenyatta at Uhuru's Wedding, See What Claimed His Life

POLITICS

Meet The ‘Bachelor President’ Kenya Never Had

Dr. Njoroge Mungai, a former minister of defense and later of foreign affairs, was characterized as a man who was completely fixated on becoming president. The late Reverend John Gatu once disclosed in a Daily Nation reporter that Dr. Mungai was so consumed with succeeding his cousin, Mzee Kenyatta, as president that he constructed himself a presidential dais at his opulent home along the Nairobi Nakuru highway.

  5 months ago ago
Meet The ‘Bachelor President’ Kenya Never Had

POLITICS

The Key REASON to Why Former President Stopped Wearing Shoes

President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was both feared and revered in equal measure. He will always be remembered as Kenya's founding father. But away from state duties, Mzee Kenyatta led a normal life. Elizabeth Madoka worked as the president's social secretary after Kenya attained independence in 1963.

  4 months ago ago
The Key REASON to Why Former President Stopped Wearing Shoes

POLITICS

Meet Kenyatta's Bodyguard Who Ended Up Becoming A Powerful Minister

Former cabinet minister Major (Rtd) Marsden Madoka with retired President Uhuru Kenyatta ( Photo Courtesy) For some months, Marsden Herman Madoka used to stand behind Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first President, as his Aide-de-camp. Rightfully regarded as one of Kenya's founding fathers, Major ( Rtd) Madoka joined the colonial army even before Kenya achieved independence from Britain in 1963.

  4 months ago ago
Meet Kenyatta's Bodyguard Who Ended Up Becoming A Powerful Minister

POLITICS

History: Details Of Kenya's Little General Election Of 1966 That Caused Panic

Kenya's modern democracy can be traced back to the early 1960s, when rebellions broke out in the new government that had been set up after independence. In the years after Kenya got its independence and started running itself, a group of rebels who didn't like how then-President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta ran the country started making power struggles inside the country.

  4 months ago ago
History: Details Of Kenya's Little General Election Of 1966 That Caused Panic

POLITICS

RIP Kenya Thrown into Mourning as Renowned Former Attorney General Confirmed Death

Kenyans once again thrones into mourning as Kenya’s second independence-era Attorney General James Karugu is confirmed dead. The family spokesperson said that Mr. Karugu died last night at the age of 86 years, though details of his death remain secret. Karugu was appointed as Kenya's attorney general early 1970s, after serving as the deputy public prosecutor by Mzee Kenyatta until April 1980, when he was appointed by former President Daniel Moi as the new Attorney-General.

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RIP Kenya Thrown into Mourning as Renowned Former Attorney General Confirmed Death

PETS

The only dog that was given a Benz and a Driver as a gift by the late president.

Meet the only dog who jomo Kenyatta bought a Benz for. the former president did not like animals as pets. But when his close friend, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, gave him a white dog, he took it very differently. Few Kenyans know that the late President of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, never had a pet.

  3 months ago ago
The only dog that was given a Benz and a Driver as a gift by the late president.

POLITICS

Day Mzee Kenyatta’s Bodyguard Knocked Out JM Kariuki’s Front Teeth

In an incident that occurred on March 2, 1975, a security for Mzee Jomo Kenyatta knocked out a minister's front teeth. In a recent article published in the Nation, it was reported that Assistant Minister and Nyandarua North MP Arthur Wanyoike Thungu was being questioned by a panel.

  4 months ago ago
Day Mzee Kenyatta’s Bodyguard Knocked Out JM Kariuki’s Front Teeth

POLITICS

History: Two Times Mzee Kenyatta Was Assaulted In Public While In London

Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the founder of Kenya and its first president, was attacked outside the Hilton Hotel in London in early July 1964, according to a Standard article from August 22, 2018. Kenyatta was in London for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference as the head of the seven African delegations on Southern Rhodesia.

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History: Two Times Mzee Kenyatta Was Assaulted In Public While In London

EDUCATION

First Kenyan to Attain Univeristy Education

Peter Mbiyu Koinange was a politician from Kenya. He served in the government and cabinet of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, for 16 years. During this time, he held the post of Member of Parliament for the Kiambaa constituency and the portfolios of Minister of State for Education, External Affairs, Pan-African Affairs, as well as Minister of State in the Office of the President.

  2 months ago ago
First Kenyan to Attain Univeristy Education