Mwandawiro Mghanga

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Mwandawiro Mghanga
Member of the National Assembly
In office
2002–2007

Mwandawiro Mghanga is a Kenyan politician, who serves as chairperson of the Communist Party of Kenya. [1]

Mghanga was elected to the Kenyan National Assembly, representing the district of Wundanyi from 2002 to 2007. [2]

Early life and education

As a Master's student at the University of Nairobi in 1980, Mghanga chaired the SONU. In this capacity he mobilized students against the de facto single-party Kenyan government. [3] Mghanga was arrested and tortured by the Moi regime for alleged links to the Mwakenya resistance movement. [4]

Following release, Mghanga took political refuge in Sweden where he completed graduate degrees at Stockholm University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. [5]

References

  1. ↑ SDP receives certificate of party registration, The Star (Kenya), 22 May 2012
  2. ↑ "Ford-P's Mghanga Trounces Mbela". The Standard . 30 December 2002.
  3. ↑ "The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya". publishing.cdlib.org.
  4. ↑ Mwambingu, Reuben (10 February 2020). "It is hard to forgive Moi, says former detainee Mwandawiro Mghanga". People Daily Digital. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ Odeo, Bethuel. "Mwandawiro Mghanga: Man who tempted fate by mobilizing UoN students". The Sunday Standard. The Sunday Standard. Retrieved February 5, 2022.


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