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Queen Elizabeth II will be buried tomorrow. I first heard about the queen as a young boy when my neighbours talked of "thirikari ya Wangu" (Wangu's government).
Years later, I learnt Wangu wa Makeri was a local chief who once rained terror on men in central Kenya. Why did they call the British queen Wangu? Because she was a female leader?
I also heard it from Nduhiu Wangombe, a Mau Mau veteran who swept the roads when the queen, as a princess, visited Kenya in 1952. But he never saw her despite sweeping the road.
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