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The reluctant politician: Born in Kenya, made in South Korea

In 1995, a lanky 21-year-old, then a student at the Kenya Polytechnic (now Technical University of Kenya) represented Kenya in the first ever Mr and Miss University beauty pageant. The next year he would begin to make university pageantry a staple across the Kenyan landscape. Fast forward to 2016 and Daniel Juma is a self-made peace activist and a reluctant politician.

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