The father to former Nairobi Woman Representative Rachel Shebesh has passed on.
Samuel Wainaina Mbugua died while receiving treatment at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi.
Mbugua served as the Mayor of Nairobi between 1998 and 1999.
He was credited with negotiating the setting up of estates such as Kimathi, Uhuru, Kariobangi South, Harambee and Umoja through affordable long-tem loans with the World Bank.
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Weeks after she went to court to demand the government produce her detained husband, Raila Odinga, a letter landed on Ida Odinga's desk at Kenya High School. It ended her career and made her family homeless. The official reason? 'Public interest'. The unspoken reason? Being Raila's wife.
Raila is known as an enigmatic figure, a man who has been at the centre of Kenyan politics for a lifetime, a fighter who has also wielded immense power, an outsider who became the ultimate insider, and a leader whose final chapter in an epic political saga came to a close on October 15, 2025, when he passed away in India.
President William Ruto paid a heartfelt tribute to the late Raila Odinga, describing him as a transformative leader whose legacy of justice and unity will forever shape Kenya's future.
Shebesh lost to ODM’s Esther Passaris during the August 8 elections.
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She garnered 69,9702 votes against Passaris’ 86,4874 votes.
The Nairobi Woman Rep seat attracted six other candidates including Rahab Ndambuki, Nadya Khan, Teresia Omolo, Winnie Wainaina, Rosemary Macharia and Khadija Theuri who collectively managed about three per cent of the votes.
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