Mwandawiro Mghanga | |
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Education |
University of Nairobi (expelled) Stockholm University ( MA) Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ( MSc) |
Political party | Communist Party of Kenya |
Mwandawiro Mghanga is a Kenyan politician, who serves as chairperson of the Communist Party of Kenya. [1]
Mghanga was elected to the Kenyan National Assembly, representing the district of Wundanyi from 2002 to 2007. [2]
As a Master's student at the University of Nairobi in 1980, Mghanga chaired the SONU. In this capacity he mobilized students against the de facto single-party Kenyan government. [3] Mghanga was arrested and tortured by the Moi regime for alleged links to the Mwakenya resistance movement. [4]
Following release, Mghanga took political refuge in Sweden where he completed graduate degrees at Stockholm University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. [5]