Shariff Nassir: The Kanu’s Mombasa supremo that was all bark, more bite

Mombasa central MP Shariff Nassir is carried shoulder high by his supporters.

Shariff Nassir bin Taib was the most voluble politician in the then Coast Province, perhaps even in Kenya, during President Daniel arap Moi’s regime.

The Mvita MP, who rose from a clerk before joining politics and serving as a minister, was vocal and known to comment on anything and everything under the sun.