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The Immortals: The Murumbis were formidable art collectors

The Murumbis Photo: Courtesy

He sobbed when his friend Pio Gama Pinto was assassinated in 1965. Joseph Murumbi, Kenya’s Vice President could not stand it.

He became the country’s shortest serving number two, resigning in December 1966.

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