Charles Wanyoike Rubia (1923[1] – 23 December 2019) was the mayor of Nairobi from 1963 to 1967, the first native African to hold the post.
Kenneth Matiba, Rubia led the calls for multi-party democracy and was subsequently detained twice by President Daniel arap Moi.
He was later released from detention after one year, and had been in poor health ever since.
[2] In July 2018, Murang'a University of Technology honoured the past Mayor of Nairobi with a Doctor of letters degree for his good work in mobilizing the community in the establishment of Murang'a college of Technology.
He died on 23 December 2019, aged 96, in his Karen home, in Nairobi.