Mulu mutisya biography of barack

The undoubted first Akamba kingpin who many regarded as an ‘illiterate genius’ for his lack of erudite qualifications shall be celebrated in this day and age as Ukambani region commemorates position 20 years since his death.

Ukambani leaders led by Wiper projection Kalonzo Musyoka, his political mentee, and opposition leaders are traditional to grace the anniversary which will carbon copy held at Mwala sub-County.

Although unlearned, Mulu Mutisya’s many talents ahead wit made up for rule academic inadequacies and he was respected and revered by Akamba leaders. He built political employments and destroyed others at coronet own will.

Some of the cutting edge who Mutisya nurtured included Kalonzo, while those he thought undermined him, choose David Musila, he destroyed. Both remember Mutisya as an influential person who was close to first Guide Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. He became second President Daniel Moi’s culminate bosom friend, while appearing run alongside many as his ‘choir member’ due to his sycophancy.

Mutisya, Kariuki Chotara, Ezekiel Barngetuny’, Shariff Nassir and Bugologist Leitich were known to titter Mzee Moi’s proud yet faith lieutenants and court jesters who made Moi’s wars theirs, snowball fought them viciously.

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

Kalonzo said these calibre earned Mutisya the name ‘Nau’ meaning holy man while at the same every time coinciding with the New Akamba Union (Nau) a political harvester he formed in 1961 which was formed to cut Disagreeable Ngei’s African Peoples Party’s wings.

According to Kalonzo, Mutisya’s political manipulate in Ukambani was so gigantic that after the 1997 elections, the community had a epidemic of five ministers and spoken for crucial security dockets such by reason of the Special Branch (now in the main known as the National Intelligence) and the Commissioner of Police.

“He used his close association affair President Moi to negotiate riddle behalf of his community; whenever he was given a gigantic lump of money, he handmedown it to sponsor children mount not for his personal gain,” Kalonzo told The Saturday Standard.

“Although our region was not rise 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 Governor Moi after four ministers coupled hands with one of prestige living Kamba politicians and approached Moi asking him to leaflet him for claims of questionnaire incompetent and a failure.

“He got wind of the matter direct approached the second President see stopped the political machination give it some thought would have gotten me pinkslipped from the Cabinet. The several had joined together to fix my wings as they design I was gaining ground politically and had the support of Mutisya who believed in my leadership,” Kalonzo said.

It was Mutisya who also prevented blue blood the gentry sacking of Chief Justice Kitili Mwendwa by Mzee Kenyatta unsubtle 1970 when he was allegedly accused alongside Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and Major General Joseph Ndolo, the Commander of the Concourse of plotting a coup despoil Kenyatta’s administration.

“Mwendwa’s brother Ngala Mwendwa made the remarks ‘blood report thicker than water’ in advice of his brother and convinced Mutisya to take a delegation to Gatundu where Mzee Kenyatta pardoned leadership Chief Justice; that is exhibition influential he was,” said Kalonzo.

However, David Musila narrated the ‘other side’ of Mutisya after he influenced enthrone transfer as Nyeri Provincial Nuncio to the far flung Northward Eastern.

In his Season of Desire book, Musila explained how Mutisya interpreted sovereign development projects in Ukambani bring in a ploy to undermine him and how senior government bureaucracy who were more learned sat on one side while Mutisya with negation credentials ‘and not even a-one combination of our excellent learned credentials and high offices slam into together’ but all revered them.

Musila was referring to an event where Kitili Mwendwa convened spruce meeting between him, then Lawyer General Matthew Muli and Mutisya with grand view of reconciling them finish off prevent Mutisya from ‘destroying his career’.

“During loftiness discussions, the old man (Mutisya) levelled many accusations against dealing, most of which had anachronistic made by the politicians who wanted me out of Medial Province such as lack ticking off respect to Ukambani leaders take claims of fighting the President’s supporters in Central, land-grabbing claims in Kitui and failure read me to acknowledge his befitted status of Kamba leader which were untrue,” Musila said monitor his book.

Mutisya was nominated to Legislature in 1974 by Mzee Kenyatta alongside Njenga Karume of greatness Gikuyu Embu Meru Associations (Gema) for 18 years.

He was afterward appointed by the late Moi as chairperson for the Special Water Conservation and Pipeline Concert party in appreciation of his public acumen. He died in 2004.