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==Early life and education== |
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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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft9h4nb6fv;chunk.id=0;doc.view=print|title=The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya|website=publishing.cdlib.org}}</ref> Mghanga was arrested and tortured by the [[Daniel arap Moi|Moi]] regime for alleged links to the [[Mwakenya Movement|Mwakenya resistance movement]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mwambingu |first1=Reuben |title=It is hard to forgive Moi, says former detainee Mwandawiro Mghanga |url=https://www.pd.co.ke/news/it-is-hard-to-forgive-moi-says-former-detainee-mwandawiro-24084/ |website=People Daily Digital |access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> |
As a Master's student at the University of Nairobi in 1980, Mghanga chaired the [[Student Organization of Nairobi University|SONU]]. In this capacity he mobilized students against the de facto single-party Kenyan government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft9h4nb6fv;chunk.id=0;doc.view=print|title=The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya|website=publishing.cdlib.org}}</ref> Mghanga was arrested and tortured by the [[Daniel arap Moi|Moi]] regime for alleged links to the [[Mwakenya Movement|Mwakenya resistance movement]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mwambingu |first1=Reuben |title=It is hard to forgive Moi, says former detainee Mwandawiro Mghanga |url=https://www.pd.co.ke/news/it-is-hard-to-forgive-moi-says-former-detainee-mwandawiro-24084/ |website=People Daily Digital |date=10 February 2020 |access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> |
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Following release, Mghanga took political refuge in Sweden where he completed graduate degrees at [[Stockholm University]] and the [[Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Odeo |first1=Bethuel |title=Mwandawiro Mghanga: Man who tempted fate by mobilizing UoN students |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/lifestyle/2001315579/mwandawiro-mghanga-man-who-tempted-fate-by-mobilizing-uon-students |website=The Sunday Standard |publisher=The Sunday Standard |access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> |
Following release, Mghanga took political refuge in Sweden where he completed graduate degrees at [[Stockholm University]] and the [[Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Odeo |first1=Bethuel |title=Mwandawiro Mghanga: Man who tempted fate by mobilizing UoN students |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/lifestyle/2001315579/mwandawiro-mghanga-man-who-tempted-fate-by-mobilizing-uon-students |website=The Sunday Standard |publisher=The Sunday Standard |access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 04:00, 12 April 2023
Mwandawiro Mghanga | |
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| Education | University of Nairobi (expelled) Stockholm University (MA) Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (MSc) |
| Political party | Communist Party of Kenya |
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
[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.
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