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Reluctant don who rose to become University of Nairobi vice chancellor

NEW VC MBITHI

NAIROBI: Rays of light dance on the man in print short-sleeved shirt, contrasting his black pants that appear shaded in the afternoon sun. He is seated outside a manicured lawn teeming with rose flowers, a couple of books at his elbow.

He rises and extends a firm handshake and quickly switches to another seat at the request of the assignment photographer.

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