In the '90s, Kenyans were mesmerized by Bethuel Mbugua,a boy who was in form four at 6 years,in Ol Kalou Sec Sch
He lectured over 300 universities and colleges by the time he was ten years. One of his lectures was in TZ & it was attended by....
.... Former Tanzania presidents, Julius Nyerere and Hassan Mwinyi.
Young Mbugua required studies in the schools for the gifted in USA because no sch in Kenya could accommodate his high IQ. At one time he sneaked past presidential security,to go speak to President Moi who was ...
At kijabe for a development visit. He asked the Moi govt to sponsor his education in USA, in the schools for the gifted but the govt rejected his request. In fact, some Kenyan politicians in the floor of the house criticized young Mbugua calling him a charlatan and an actor ...
Who could not differentiate between Hamburg and Hamburger (Kenyan leaders dismissed such a brainy kid on such flimsy grounds).
But the boy, had the ability to teach high school students at the age of 7,he could comfortably teach biology and human anatomy with ease...
It was this abilities that made him lecture over 300 institutions in East Africa, while back at home our govt had dismissed him. (Maybe he was becoming more popular than our govt and politicians). Mbugua would later get sponsorship from an American mathematician called ...
Prof Lenore Blum, who took Mbugua to USA at the age of 12 and enrolled him at Los Angeles’ Mirman School for Gifted Children (where he repeated seventh grade twice due to cultural and language hiccups!) in October 1991, and later moved to Harvard Westlake School.
In 2003, Mbugua quietly returned to Kenya, where he secured a job with Amref international university, where he is the head of information.
Mbugua could have becoming a great scientist, maybe a key to the current pandemic, but frustrations from Kenyan govt killed his dream.
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THE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT LASTED ELEVEN MONTHS and THE DAY MOTHERS STRIPPED NAKED.
On March 3rd 1992, mothers of the political prisoners stripped naked at Uhuru park to demand for the release of their sons caught in Moi's torture chambers.
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Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the political atmosphere in Kenya was characterized by brutal government repression and terror, under the de-facto single-party rule of President Daniel Arap Moi.
Any form of political dissension was swiftly met with government interrogation, detention, and torture, using the justification of the Public Order Act, the Chiefs Authority Act and the Sedition Law.
Nganyi the Rainmakers of Abanyore was untouchable & feared by many.
It was believed that he came from the hereditary line of rainmakers,who also had supernatural powers to unleash thunder on their enemies.
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He was also known as the high priest of the god of rain, fertility, fire, clouds and hail.
However in 1898, he was arrested by CW Hobley who frogmarched him to Mumias.
So what prompted Hobley to frog match the most feared man among the Luhyas?
At that time there was a long drought that resulted in famine in most parts of Kavirondo and natives (Luhyas and Luos) knowing the powers of Nganyi turned to him for intervention.
Meet Memba Kenyatta, a con who used to masquerade as Jomo Kenyatta's son in Europe.
Photo: Memba Kenyatta, a Kenyan man claiming to be Jomo's son is seen with his wife Julia Gonzalez Memba, and baby inside an Italian police van in Rome in 1960.
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On the day the photo was taken, Memba Kenyatta was being arrested for causing trouble. Memba, claiming to be Kenyatta's son, had caused trouble at veneto by insulting and spitting on passers-by, demanding the release of his "father" Kenyatta.
When his wife tried to restrain him, he assaulted her too. The police consequently arrested him and took him to a mental hospital for cure.
Julia Gonzalez de Memba who was an Italian journalist,had married Memba in 1956 after he convinced her that he was Kenyatta's son.
The monarch tradition that would be called witchcraft if done in Africa
After Philip died he wasn't buried.Prince Phillip's body will now be removed from where it has been kept since his death in 2021 & taken to where Queen Elizabeth will be laid to rest
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In 2021 Philip's body was lowered 15 feet into the 200-year-old Royal Vault beneath St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle where it has remained to date. This was just a temporary resting place to await the death of the Queen one day.
Traditionally as a consort of the Queen, Philip always had to be two paces behind the Queen. There’s a very specific reason: the Orders of Precedence --- The Queen always took the lead--- and this applies in death too.
THE FIRST BETRAYAL.
From freedom fighters to terrorists.
The betrayal of the Mau Mau fighters by Jomo Kenyatta was so loud. Let's see what Wanyiri Kihoro says.
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As derived from the 📖 "The Price Of Freedom" by Wanyiri Kihoro.
Did you know due to biting poverty after 9 years in prison Kenyatta's first house was constructed through contributions by Kenyans? Did you know Kenyans bought him his first land after prison?
After he was released from prison,Kenyatta's return to politics was planned by the colonial govt.governor Renison facilated Kenyatta's return to politics on dec 1961 by amending Legco legislations that barred any person imprisoned for more than 2 years to participate in politics.
In 2016 Raila Odinga said Jubilee and uhuru had failed, you believed that the govt had failed. William Ruto defended uhuru govt and you repeated what he said like a parrot. You believed the govt has really worked.
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In 2022, William Ruto tells you the govt, which he defended and publicly said has delivered, has failed. You believe him and praise like your god. Raila Odinga today tells you that Jubilee govt hasn't really failed, and like the fool you are, you have swallowed the bait.
In 2017, Raila Odinga said that the elections should go electronic way, he insisted no manual registers should be used. William Ruto argued and insisted manual registers should be used. In 2022, Raila Odinga want manual registers as back up and William Ruto want pure electronic.