20 Facts about Charles Mugane Njonjo:Kenya’s first Attorney General turns 100

HAPPY 100th Birthday MUGANE,We Celebrate you!

1. Is the son of Paramount Chief Josiah Njonjo

2. Served as AG of independence Kenya for 17 years

Charles Njonjo turns 100 years today. If you invite him for nyama choma, you will eat it alone.

His Daily Routine; A cup of tea, two toasts of bread in the morning, lots of fruits & vegetables at lunch & supper.

Swims, rides a bike and hits treadmill.https://t.co/PLwGoLvngA

— Captain Ozwald (🔥) (@VinieO) January 23, 2020

3. Ate ugali for the first time in Alliance high school

4. He’s the only surviving member of Kenya’s first independence cabinet

5. Enjoyed absolute power

6.Married at age of 52 and does not eat nyama choma, preferring to instead, feat on vegetables and fruits which he says has been his trick for a long life.

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8. Swim daily and take a beer or two

9. Be committed and Wakeup early.

10.His suits are handmade from London before they are sent to him: the stripes read CN

11.The only surviving member of kenya’s first cabinets In  1963 He served as Kikuyu MP after his election in 1980

12.Sir Charles Njonjo is still alive and can give facts bout what happened tween 1976-78

13.He went to school in Alliance High School Kikuyu, Njonjo enrolled at Fort Hare University in South Africa, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Law

14.In 1976, during a period of tense relations between Kenya and Uganda, Njonjo took part in secret negotiations with Israel that proved instrumental in the success of the Israeli military’s Operation Entebbe. The government of Kenya allowed the Israeli armed forces to use Nairobi airport as a stopover base in the context of the military assault on Entebbe airport that ended a week-long hostage crisis involving Israeli air passengers taken prisoner by a PLFP commando.

15.He was elected MP for Kikuyu unchallenged, after the incumbent MP had resigned his seat the day before Njonjo announced his candidacy. In June 1980 he was selected for a newly created cabinet position by Daniel arap Moi, as minister for home and constitutional affairs, during an expected cabinet reshuffle

16.Charles Mugane Njonjo (born 23 January 1920) is a former Attorney General of Kenya (1963 – 1979)

17.He was an instrumental pillar in the post-independence Kenya, has his name eternally ingrained in this country’s history as a lawmaker, chief legal advisor, policy formulator and an astute influencer in many memorable moments of our young life as a nation,” said Francis Kimemia, the Nyandarua Governor, who chairs the Central Kenya Economic Bloc.

18.He studied in Kings College-Bido in Uganda in 1939 for a pre-university course, before proceeding to South Africa University. He would later join Exeter University and London School of Economics (LSE) until 1950.

19.Ahead of January 23rd 2020 Thursday’s birthday, the Alliance High School alumni was flown to Uganda, to track Gorilla’s and was awarded a certificate.

20.Njonjo,was rendered ineffective when he was found guilty of involvement in treason  in the 1982 August Coup or subversion, although he was pardoned because of his earlier services to the country.