'Politics is a calling'

Laikipia Senator GG Kariuki look through his Bionoculer at the Kenya-Ethiopia boarder during the Senate Security Committee scenes of crime visit on Monday 19/01/15. With him are the committee Chairman Yusuf Haji (L) and Siaya Senator James Orengo [PHOTO:BONIFACE OKENDO/Standard]

He was a towering figure in former President Moi’s Cabinet. His mastery of political ropes saw him head the then influential docket of Internal Security and Provincial Administration.

Rising from just a squatter, GG Kariuki, who has served in all Kenya’s political regimes, today swims in politics and academia in equal measure.