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Day minister Njoroge Mungai recalled a plane mid-air

Politicians Mwai Kibaki, Njoroge Mungai and Munyua Waiyaki during campaigns in then Kiambu District in 1969. [File, Standard]

Power is sweet, good and intoxicating. It affords those who wield it rare opportunities, and abilities, which can only be imagined by others.

On May 6, 1973, East African Airways' regular plane to Mombasa took to the skies from Nairobi, carrying with it tourists, government officials and other passengers.

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