Charles Njonjo is gone with an untold history of Kenya at infancy

Charles Njonjo looks on as Jomo Kenyatta announces the dissolution of parliament at State House, Nakuru, 1974. Right, Kenya's second president, Daniel arap Moi. [File, Standard]

The death, earlier this week, of Charles Mugane Njonjo, fondly and otherwise referred to as the “Duke of Kabeteshire”, draws the curtains on the first generation of Kenyan leaders who oversaw the transition of Kenya into independence.