Burudi Nabwera is a Kenyan politician and former ambassador. In the 1960s he served as ambassador to the United States and permanent representative at the United Nations before retiring from the diplomatic service to enter politics. In 1988, he was elected as a member of parliament representing the Lugari Constituency in Western Province of Kenya. He lost that seat to Apili Wawire in the 1992 elections, and retired from politics. In 2007 Nabwera was named chairman of the Nzoia Sugar company in Bungoma, Kenya for a three-year term. He was replaced in 2010 by Julius Nyarotso. He was one of the kingpins during the kleptocracy and dictatorship of the Moi era. He was also the prime mover in the torture and beatings of the mothers of political prisoners peace demonstration at the all saints cathedral.
‘How it Happened’: Burudi Nabwera releases biography
Burudi Nabwera’s How it Happened is one of the latest instalments of a growing archive of autobiographical writings that continue to emerge from public leaders of political, religious, and socio-economic slants. Published this year by Fasiri Communications, How it Happened points at a number of key developments in Kenya’s literary worldings that are a cause for celebration.
One, the post-colonial disquiet with the ideological dominance of main narratives is extended by the alternative facts offered from the perspectives of hitherto central players in the making of our shared histories, but who now occupy the political and national margins in the wake of totally transformed political and cultural landscapes.
In important ways, works such as How it Happened bring the Kenya National Archives, the National Assembly’s Hansard records, and Cabinet minutes to the public domain.
