‘Total Man’ Nicholas Biwott dead
Former powerful Cabinet minister Nicholas Kipyator Biwott is dead.
Mr Biwott, popularly known as ‘Total Man’, passed on in Nairobi after a long illness, his personal assistant said.
His body has been moved to Lee Funeral Home.
Born 77 years ago, Mr Biwott bestrode Kenya’s political landscape like a colossus in the post-1982 attempted coup era — helping then President Daniel Moi deal with the growing opposition.
Most of his peers hold that when the story of Mr Moi is exhaustively told, he will occupy a number of chapters.
Even though Mr Moi had a vice-president, it was an open secret that Total Man was closer to the Head of State and no one in the Cabinet dared to go against his word.
Total Man’s death is yet another personal loss for President Uhuru Kenyatta, coming less than a week after the demise of Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery last Saturday.
Daily Nation
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