Charles Rubia

Charles Wanyoike Rubia was the first African mayor of Nairobi. He later joined Parliament, where he rose to the cabinet. In 1990, together with Hon. Kenneth Matiba, Rubia led the calls for multi-party democracy and was subsequently detained by President Daniel arap Moi. He was released from detention after one year, and has been in poor health since.

He was an MP from Starehe Constituency in Nairobi from 1969 to 1988.^[1]

References

↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007

External links

Human Rights Watch article referencing Charles Rubia

Mayors of Nairobi

Colonial-era	Henderson Udall Riddell Wood Udall Mayer Riddell Mortimer Bompas Wood Mortimer Delamere Vasey Udall Vasey Alfred Woodley Harris Gregory Travis Alexander Somen Needham-Clarke Travis

City under First Republic	Rubia Lugonzo Kenyatta Ngumba Kahara Abolished (1983-1992) Mwangi Waweru King'ori Mbugua Ndirangu Waweru Aketch Wathika Majiwa Aladwa

County under Second Republic	Kidero

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