Born in 1930 in Kabete, in the then Kiambu District, Makumi’s family said ... families not immune to wrangles is how he managed to live with his two wives while keeping a close knit family.

For Ngugi, becoming a prison cook began with hunger. A petty thief, he had been jailed at the Kiambu GK prison for stealing phones in the streets of Kiambu. He would borrow phones, pretend he was ...