That millennials and members of Generation X are taking over city politics is no longer in doubt. Had the Murang’a-born Kahara won that race, the story of Nairobi politics – which was at times weaved with Murang’a politics – would have been different. From the beginning, it was the entrepreneur Central Kenya businessmen who drove the Nairobi politics from the humble grounds of Kiburi House. TARGETAnother target was Tom Mbotela, a moderate KAU leader who was also shot at in 1950 and finally killed in 1952 for denouncing Mau Mau in public. The post-independent Nairobi saw the re-entry of Kiambu, Murang’a and Nyeri politicians into Nairobi politics.

Source: Daily Nation May 06, 2017 22:07 UTC