From rags to representing the wealthy in Karura

Karura MCA Kamau Thuo jumps a water stream when he met his people in the ward recently.

Life, someone said, is a journey whose only certainties are the beginning and the end. Kamau Thuo, the youngest Member of the Nairobi County Assembly (MCA), fits this definition well.

The 26-year-old Karura Ward member says his first days at the assembly were difficult as some colleagues often dismissed him because of his age but he never lost focus and a recent media report ranked him as the second most active member in the assembly.