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There was a time it was unimaginable for a president to fall sick. But what would happen should the unimaginable happen? Duncan Ndegwa, Kenya's first Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of Civil Service, thought he had a perfect answer.
One day, Cabinet minister Ngala Mwendwa took a delegation from Kitui to Gatundu. After hours of dancing themselves lame, waiting for Jomo Kenyatta to greet them, it finally dawned on them that the old man was unavailable.
Ndegwa moved to save the situation. "I thought that the news of Mzee's indisposition should be announced to the delegation which by then was exhausted, and so I informed him as much over the telephone. His reaction was both immediate and angry. 'Are you mad? Has something gone wrong with your head?'"
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