Passage: Independence era leader Munoko's dark and light heritage

Kanu longest serving Organizing secretary, Nathan Waliaula Munoko who iss currently 97 years. He said that despite Mzee Moi's death , his rich legacy that he has left behind will not be easy to delete. [Photo/Courtesy]

The passing on of former Kanu National Organising Secretary Nathan Waliaula Munoko ends the chapter of yet another of the few remaining independence era politicians who played a key role in shaping Kenya’s political order.

At the age of 102 years, the former Minister of Works in President Daniel arap Moi’s government was among the few who were still going strong until the last quarter of this year when his health began failing.

“Bungoma, Trans Nzoia and the rest of Kenya mourns an exceptional leader, Mzee Nathan Munoko, after time in and out of hospital for the better part of this year,” eulogised former Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati.