Charles Mugane Njonjo is a former Attorney General of Kenya, and Minister of Constitutional Affairs. Charles Njonjo is also popularly referred to as “The Duke of Kabeteshire”.
While some of as excited about seeing another decade Charles Njonjo has counted a whole century! Charles Njonjo has clicked 100 years today.
Born on January 23, 1920, Mr Njonjo spent a large part of his life in the United Kingdom, where he studied law before returning to Kenya and serving as the country’s first AG for 17 years.
He is also famous for marrying his wife, a Briton, at the age of 52 due to pressure from Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, who reportedly could not stand being advised by an AG who was still a bachelor.
Njonjo was Kenya’s Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions when he succeeded A.M.F. Webb. In Duncan Ndegwa’s 2009 memoirs, Walking in Kenyatta Struggles: My Story, we are informed that the Cabinet saw Njonjo seated next to Kenyatta but had no clue how the man who drove from Kabete to the State Law Office when only a few Africans owned cars, was shortlisted.
It was not uncommon for Njonjo to sip lunchtime champagne while walking barefoot in Kenyatta’s office at State House Nairobi.
Njonjo served for 17 years as the first AG of post-independence Kenya — from 1963 to 1980 — and then for three years as Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister.
Happy birthday Charles Njonjo!
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