Mystery still surrounds liberation hero Masinde Muliro&#;s death, 29 years later
Today marks 29 years since the death of Ford’s Masinde Muliro. In an interview, Muliro’s son Mukasa Mwambu, Muliro’s then aide and former Webuye MP Musikari Kombo, narrate events of that fateful day and the controversy surrounding the death of one of Kenya’s political icons.
On August 14, , Kenyans woke up to a politically chilly and shocking morning. One of the fathers of multiparty democracy and second liberation icons, Henry Pius Masinde Muliro, had died.
Muliro, who was returning to the country from the United Kingdom, had collapsed immediately he disembarked from a British Airways plane at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi. The country was plunged into mourning. The giant opposition movement was thrown into a spin. One of its dependable cogs had died.
That death would later impact heavily on Opposition unity as evidenced by the eventual demise of the Forum for Restoration of Democracy (Ford). Muliro had desperately wanted to reconcile his close friends, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and Kenneth Matiba, over widening schisms in the party, but that
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Musikari Nazi Kombo in Bungoma District is a Kenyan politician and serves as a nominated Member of Parliament.
Education
He joined Misikhu Primary School for his elementary education, then proceeded to Rakwaro Primary School, and finally moving to Mumias where he completed his primary education.
Career
He then joined Nyeri High School for his secondary education. He undertook his undergraduate studies at The University of Nairobi, majoring in Economics. He previously represented Webuye Constituency, having been first elected into office in
He has also served in the Kenyan Government as The Assistant Minister for Planning, Minister for Regional Development.
He took over the Local government Ministry in late As of June , Kombo is the Chairman of FORD-Kenya.
Musikari Kombo hails from the larger Luhya community Bukusu sub tribe Balunda clan (descendants of Mulunda, believed to have migrated into Congo from East Africa). He is a Catholic by religion.
Politics
As of June ,, he is the immediate former Member of Parliament for Webuye having lost the seat Orange Democratic Movement&#;s (ODM) candi
Musikari Kombo v Royal Media Services Limited [] KECA (KLR)
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
(CORAM: VISRAM, KARANJA & KOOME, JJ.A)
CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF
BETWEEN
HONOURABLE MUSIKARI KOMBOAPPELLANT
AND
ROYAL MEDIA SERVICES LIMITEDRESPONDENT
(An appeal from the judgment of the High Court at Nairobi (Odunga, J.) dated 7th November,
in
H.C.C.C No. 89 of )
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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
1. The appeal herein relates to the decision of the High Court (Odunga, J.) wherein the Hon. Musikari Kombo’s (the appellant) suit seeking damages for defamation against Royal Media Services Limited (the respondent) was dismissed. It is trite law that this Court as a first appellate court is not bound necessarily to accept the findings of fact by the court below. An appeal to this Court from a trial by the High Court is by way of retrial and the principles upon which this Court acts in such an appeal are well settled. Briefly put they are that this Court must reconsider the evidence, evaluate it itself and draw its own conclusions though it should always bear in mind that it has neither seen nor heard the witnesses and sh
Who is Musikari Kombo?
Musikari Nazi Kombo in Bungoma District is a Kenyan politician and serves as a nominated Member of Parliament. He joined Misikhu Primary School for his elementary education, then proceeded to Rakwaro Primary School, and finally moving to Mumias where he completed his primary education. He then joined Nyeri High School for his secondary education.
He undertook his undergraduate studies at The University of Nairobi, majoring in Economics. He previously represented Webuye Constituency, having been first elected into office in He has also served in the Kenyan Government as The Assistant Minister for Planning, Minister for Regional Development. He took over the Local government Ministry in late Kombo is currently the Chairman of FORD-Kenya.
Currently, he is the immediate former MP for Webuye having lost the seat Orange Democratic Movement's candidate Alfred Sambu in the Kenya General Election.
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