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I could not swim in the pool because I was used to ‘bathing’ in the river

Mongo Chimwaga, Busia County Commissioner

I joined the University of Nairobi (UoN) for a degree in economics and political science in 1990.

That was the time a campus student was envied and held in high esteem by society, because we acted and spoke like true intellectuals.

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