@syukiwasyuki: Kitili Maluki Mwendwa (1929–1985) was Kenya’s first African Chief Justice, appointed in 1968 at just 39 years old. His tenure was short-lived, ending in 1971 after being implicated in a coup plot against President Jomo Kenyatta, though he was never formally charged. He later served as MP for Kitui Central before dying in a road accident in 1985