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Mwandawiro Mghanga
Mwandawiro Mghanga is a Kenyan politician, who serves as chairperson of the Communist Party of Kenya.[1]
Mwandawiro Mghanga | |
|---|---|
| Education | University of Nairobi (expelled) Stockholm University (MA) Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (MSc) |
| Political party | Communist Party of Kenya |
Mghanga was elected to the Kenyan National Assembly, representing the district of Wundanyi from 2002 to 2007.[2]
Early life and education edit
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 edit
- ^ SDP receives certificate of party registration, The Star (Kenya), 22 May 2012
- ^ "Ford-P's Mghanga Trounces Mbela". The Standard. 30 December 2002.
- ^ "The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya". publishing.cdlib.org.
- ^ Mwambingu, Reuben (10 February 2020). "It is hard to forgive Moi, says former detainee Mwandawiro Mghanga". People Daily Digital. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ Odeo, Bethuel. "Mwandawiro Mghanga: Man who tempted fate by mobilizing UoN students". The Sunday Standard. The Sunday Standard. Retrieved February 5, 2022.