Paul Ngei was of the Kamba tribe.
From the article one could easily be misled to think that he was a Kikuyu.
He was declared bankrupt. Was that because he was never a corrupt man?
He always shared his beer with the downtrodden men and women in Nairobi.
Go in peace Mzee Paul Ngei.
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: ugnet_: NYTimes.com Article: Paul Ngei, 81, Mau Mau Rebel and Cabinet Minister in Kenya, Dies >Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:56:05 -0400 (EDT) > >The article below from NYTimes.com >has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >/--------- E-mail Sponsored by Fox Searchlight ------------\ > > I HEART HUCKABEES - OPENING IN SELECT CITIES OCTOBER 1 > > From David O. Russell, writer and director of THREE KINGS > and FLIRTING WITH DISASTER comes an existential comedy > starring Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Hupert, Jude Law, Jason > Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg and Naomi Watts. > Watch the trailer now at: > > http://www.foxsearchlight.com/huckabees/index_nyt.html > >\----------------------------------------------------------/ > > >Paul Ngei, 81, Mau Mau Rebel and Cabinet Minister i
n Kenya, Dies > >August 23, 2004 > By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS > > > > > >NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 22 - Paul Ngei, a former cabinet >minister and one of the heroes of Kenya's independence >movement, died here on Aug. 15, an official of the M. P. >Shah Hospital said. He was 81. > >He died after six days in the hospital's intensive-care >unit, the official said. Mr. Ngei had been in poor health >for years. > >With Kenya's first president, Jomo Kenyatta, Mr. Ngei was >one of the "Kapenguria 6," who served prison terms in >colonial days as leaders of the Mau Mau, a secret society >of mostly Kikuyu tribesmen who in 1952 led a rebellion >against white settlers and British colonial rule. > >The six were arrested on Oct. 22, 1952, on suspicion of >being the leaders of the Mau Mau, whose violent revolt led >the British authorities to declare a state of emergency >that lasted for eight years. > >Although th
e Mau Mau uprising was finally put down, it >pushed Britain toward finally granting independence to >Kenya in 1964. Mr. Kenyatta became the nation's first >president. > >Mr. Ngei and the others were convicted and sentenced to 10 >years in prison for being leaders of the Mau Mau, which had >been banned by the British authorities. > >The day Mr. Ngei and the other five were arrested is a >national holiday, named after Mr. Kenyatta, to commemorate >heroes of the Kenyan struggle for independence who had been >imprisoned or detained by the British colonial government. > >After his release in 1961, Mr. Ngei won election to a seat >in the Kenyan Parliament, and after independence he served >for 27 years as a minister in the cabinets of Mr. Kenyatta >and Daniel arap Moi, his successor. > >Among the posts he held were the portfolios for marketing, >housing and social services, environment and lands and >settlement. He was
forced to leave his Parliament seat and >cabinet post in 1991 after the Kenyan High Court declared >him bankrupt. > >http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/23/obituaries/23ngei.html?ex=1094388165&ei=1&en=f8bf4989677a1713 > > >--------------------------------- > >Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine >reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! >Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy >now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: > >http://homedelivery.nytimes.com/HDS/SubscriptionT1.do?mode=SubscriptionT1&ExternalMediaCode=W24AF > > > >HOW TO ADVERTISE >--------------------------------- >For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters >or other creative advertising opportunities with The >New York Times on the Web, please contact >[EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media >kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo > >For general
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