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Uhuru's childhood driver recalls memories of the boy he knew

Mugo Karuga, 72, is not your ordinary villager in Kirinyaga. In his heyday, he lived with Kenya’s pioneer First Family.

Karuga was the designated driver of Mercedes Benz 280 SE registration number KPS 810 assigned to President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta’s security detail. His daily chores as a member of the First Family’s security team included driving young Uhuru Kenyatta to school at St Mary’s in Nairobi from Gatundu.

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