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When things finally fell apart to an extent that the centre could no longer hold, mere anarchy was loosed on the Duke of Kabete, Charles Mugane Njonjo's empire, and his foibles were exposed.
When he was ultimately pulled off the pedestal in 1982, the country learned how the fallen constitutional minister who had previously served as the country's Attorney General had illegally acquired a string of diplomatic passports.
At the height of his power, Njonjo had five diplomatic passports, which although issued at different times, were all valid and even used for travel. Revelations that the powerful minister held multiple valid passports all issued by the Kenya Government baffled the commission that was formed to investigate him.
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