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A view of Tree Top Hotel in Nyeri where the late Queen Elizabeth II spent her night in1952. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]
Queen Elizabeth II will be buried tomorrow. I first heard about the queen as a young boy when my neighbours talked of "thirikari ya Wangu" (Wangu's government).
Years later, I learnt Wangu wa Makeri was a local chief who once rained terror on men in central Kenya. Why did they call the British queen Wangu? Because she was a female leader?
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