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The bullet that propelled Kalonzo Musyoka’s political dream

What a proud moment it was for Kalonzo Musyoka posing next to my first ever car along the then Nairobi- Thika highway. [File]

When a drunken Administration Police officer pulled the trigger of his G3 assault rifle in a windswept trading centre in Mwingi, little did he know he had inadvertently launched the political career of one of Kenya’s most enduring politician.

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