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Isabella Wangui Waweru, 71 shows her Moran of Burning Spear (MBS) medal given to her by former president Daniel Arap Moi in 1979 in recognition for her service to the first head of state. She was appointed to work as former President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's nurse at the age of 28 in 1974. [Photo: Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard].
The events of the night the “Burning Spear” fought his last battle with mortality is etched deeply in Isabella Wangui Waweru, Kenya’s first President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta’s official nurse.
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