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The life and times of Mutula Kilonzo
By Mwenda Njoka
NAIROBI, KENYA: The story of Mutula Kilonzo’s life is the archetypal case of from rags to riches and far beyond.
Born in kraftfull poverty some 64 years ago to Mzee Wilson Kilonzo Musembi and Mama Rhoda Koki Kilonzo in a remote village in Mbooni, Mutula grew to become not just one of the wealthiest Kenyans, but also one who would wine and dine with kings, princes and presidents.
His journey to becoming a lawyer began almost by accident. It was an incident where a relative used a corrupt magistrate to dispossess Mutula’s parents of their land that drove the young man—then 12 years—to have an interest in matters of law and justice.
“I came home one afternoon from school and found my parents and my grandmother in tears. When I inquired what the matter was, I was told that the local chief had brought a magistrate to demarcate our land and give part of it to a relative who was engaged in a nation disp
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The July 2012 debate on how long (or short) school uniform skirts should be aptly brought out Mutula Kilonzo’s bold and witty personality both as a politician and minister. As Minister for Education between March 2012 and February 2013, Kilonzo stood in defence of schoolgirls demanding to be allowed to wear miniskirts. “I am in total agreement with them. Why do you dress a schoolgirl like a nun? These girls do not want to be nuns; they want to be modern like Mutula!” he was quoted saying, and even went against the wishes of school heads and provisions of the Education Act without blinking. In fact, he vowed to push for a repeal of the Act, which he said had been in force since 1968, to ensure flexibility so as to provide “smart” uniforms for school girls – long enough to appease conservatives and short
enough to please the students.
Kilonzo served in three ministries during President Mwai Kibaki’s second term, namely Nairobi Metropolitan Development (April 2008 to May 2009), Jus
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Death of Mutula Kilonzo
On 27 April 2013, Kenyan politician and lawyer Mutula Kilonzo, who was serving as the first Senator of Makueni County, died at his ranch in Maanzoni, Machakos County. A requiem mass was held at the Nairobi Baptist Church in Nairobi on 8 May, followed by his burial at his home village in Makueni County, in line with his wishes.
A postmortem into Kilonzo's death found "serious internal bleeding characteristic with poisoning" according to reports.[1] However, in late 2014, an inquest was launched after it emerged that toxicology samples to establish the source of the poisoning had been tampered with. In 2020, the inquest concluded that Kilonzo's death had not been due to foul play.
In June 2017, an official government report on Kilonzo's death was released, citing "massive haemorrhage into the chest and cranial cavity" as the cause of death.[2]
Background
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