RE: ugnet_: NYTimes.com Article: Paul Ngei, 81, Mau Mau Rebel and Cabinet Minister in Kenya, Dies

2004-08-26 Thread Mitayo Potosi
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. Mitayo Potosi

Re: ugnet_: NYTimes.com Article: Paul Ngei, 81, Mau Mau Rebel and Cabinet Minister in Kenya, Dies

2004-08-24 Thread musamize ssemakula
The Mau Mau weren't so secretive. Dennis Holman in his 1964 book, Bwana Drum (London, W.H. Allen) describes how a very white David Drummond(and hence the title)in the Kenya Police Special Forceinfltrated them, apparently by simply darkeninghis skin with shoe polish and the like. Drummond led a