Charles Wanyoike Rubia was the first African mayor of Nairobi. Five years later, Rubia was nominated to the LegCo but he left in 1962 to become the first African mayor of Nairobi, a year before independence. He defied the summons and the case was referred to the Nairobi Kanu branch, which recommended to the party’s National Executive Committee that he should be expelled. On May 3, 1990, Rubia and Matiba called a press conference to urge for the return of a multiparty democracy. On July 4, Rubia, Matiba and Raila were picked up by police and detained.

Source: Daily Nation December 29, 2019 06:00 UTC