Let’s bid farewell to Mwai Kibaki, the politician once known as Brainiac

If you know someone from around Nyeri in the Mount Kenya area aged 70 and above, ask them to tell you the story of the Kenyan boy who damaged some European intelligence-measuring machines with his brain power.

The legend, which started in the late 1950s, says when the lad had completed his studies at the famous Makerere University, he proceeded to Europe where great men were amazed at his brilliance.