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Kitili Mwendwa: The first African CJ who served for three years before quitting
An ex-solicitor general in Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's government, Kitili had made history in 1968 when he was appointed the country's first African Chief Justice.
He was dropped three years later in 1971 when he was implicated in a coup attempt.
Earlier that year, Kitili received and hosted his friend, Ugandan President Milton Obote and his family, when he was overthrown by his army chief Idi Amin Dada.
Upon quitting government, Kitili concentrated on farming and business until 1983 when he vied for Kitui West MP and lost by a whisker.
Nyiva mwendwa childrenThe winner lost the seat after a voter petitioned his win leading to a by-election in which Kitili won. Upon his death, his brother Kyale Mwendwa succeeded him as Kitui West MP but was trounced by Nyiva in 1992.
Incidentally, Nyiva had preceded her husband in elective politics, having been elected Kitui West MP in 1974 before losing in 1979.
She would later make histor