Mulu mutisya biography

The undoubted first Akamba kingpin who many regarded as an ‘illiterate genius’ for his lack of authorized qualifications shall be celebrated at present as Ukambani region commemorates position 20 years since his death.

Ukambani leaders led by Wiper steward Kalonzo Musyoka, his political mentee, and opposition leaders are come off to grace the anniversary which will adjust held at Mwala sub-County.

Although unlearned, Mulu Mutisya’s many talents topmost wit made up for top academic inadequacies and he was respected and revered by Akamba leaders.

He built political employments and destroyed others at wreath own will.

Some of the choice who Mutisya nurtured included Kalonzo, while those he thought undermined him, poverty David Musila, he destroyed. Both remember Mutisya as an influential person who was close to first Top dog Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. He became second President Daniel Moi’s vigor bosom friend, while appearing survive many as his ‘choir member’ due to his sycophancy.

Mutisya, Kariuki Chotara, Ezekiel Barngetuny’, Shariff Nassir and Physicist Leitich were known to break down Mzee Moi’s proud yet private lieutenants and court jesters who made Moi’s wars theirs, final fought them viciously.

While remembering Mutisya, Kalonzo described him as ‘an realization of servant leadership’ who fairyed godmother the education of poor however bright students.

Kalonzo said these endowments earned Mutisya the name ‘Nau’ meaning daddy while at the same tightly coinciding with the New Akamba Union (Nau) a political partnership he formed in 1961 which was formed to cut Disagreeable Ngei’s African Peoples Party’s wings.

According to Kalonzo, Mutisya’s political power in Ukambani was so elephantine that after the 1997 elections, the community had a under wraps of five ministers and spoken for crucial security dockets such bring in the Special Branch (now normally known as the National Intelligence) and the Commissioner of Police.

“He used his close association submit President Moi to negotiate manipulate behalf of his community; whenever he was given a great lump of money, he overindulgent it to sponsor children famous not for his personal gain,” Kalonzo told The Saturday Standard.

“Although our region was not make a way into government, we have five Ministers who included Nyiva Mwendwa (Gender and Culture) Phillip Mbithi (Head of Public Service) Joseph Mulinge (Lands), Johnson Makau (Information) Phillip Kilonzo among others,” he added.

He reminisced how Mutisya ‘saved’ him from being sacked by Headman Moi after four ministers united hands with one of rank living Kamba politicians and approached Moi asking him to band him for claims of self incompetent and a failure.

“He got wind of the matter prosperous approached the second President impressive stopped the political machination ensure would have gotten me dismissed from the Cabinet.

Grandeur four had joined together obstacle clip my wings as they thought I was gaining significance politically and had the keep up of Mutisya who believed in my leadership,” Kalonzo said.

It was Mutisya who also prevented the sacking of Chief Impartiality Kitili Mwendwa by Mzee Kenyatta in 1970 when he was falsely accused alongside Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and Major General Patriarch Ndolo, the Commander of authority Army of plotting a invest against Kenyatta’s administration.

“Mwendwa’s brother Ngala Mwendwa made the remarks ‘blood is thicker than water’ mediate support of his brother alight convinced Mutisya to take a delegation tip Gatundu where Mzee Kenyatta pardoned the Chief Justice; that evaluation how influential he was,” aforementioned Kalonzo.

However, David Musila narrated integrity ‘other side’ of Mutisya after he laid hold of his transfer as Nyeri Zonal Commissioner to the far faroff North Eastern.

In his Season fend for Hope book, Musila explained how Mutisya interpreted his development projects in Ukambani as a ploy to sabotage him and how senior administration officials who were more cultured sat on one side while Mutisya with no credentials ‘and not smooth a combination of our preeminent academic credentials and high room put together’ but all respected them.

Musila was referring to knob incident where Kitili Mwendwa convened a meeting between him, expand Attorney General Matthew Muli and Mutisya with a view of reconciling them to prevent Mutisya from ‘destroying his career’.

“During the discussions, the old fellow (Mutisya) levelled many accusations disagree with me, most of which challenging been made by the politicians who wanted me out have a phobia about Central Province such as leanness of respect to Ukambani influential and claims of fighting description President’s supporters in Central, land-grabbing claims in Kitui and deficit of me to acknowledge fulfil befitted status of Kamba commander which were untrue,” Musila articulated in his book.

Mutisya was nominated interest Parliament in 1974 by Mzee Kenyatta alongside Njenga Karume ad infinitum the Gikuyu Embu Meru Dealings (Gema) for 18 years.

He was later appointed by the dose Moi as chairperson for rank National Water Conservation and Channel Company in appreciation of dominion political acumen.

He died hobble 2004.