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Leonard Mambo Mbotela is a Kenyan journalist.

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His career spans more than five decades.^[1]

Early life

Leornard Mambo Mbotela was born in Freetown, Mombasa.^[2] He is the first of eight children, to James and Aida Mbotela. Both parents are deceased. His late father was a teacher who taught in different schools, among them are Shimo La Tewa High school, Kabianga High School and ended up retiring as an educational officer.

The mother worked with "Maendeleo ya Wanawake".^[3] Mbotelas has Malawian roots.

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Historically, at the tail end of the slave trade, a ship carrying slaves captured from Malawi was cruising through the East African coast, headed for Europe to sell them. Just as the trade decree came into effect, the British Navy intercepted the Arab slave ship in Mombasa, freeing all the slaves, including Mbotela's great-grandfather and his brother.^[4] He yearned to be a broadcaster from childhood.

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