Early Life and Education
Kilonzo was born to Mzee Wilson Kilonzo Musembi and Mama Rhoda Koki Kilonzo. He was the second born.The young boy had to repeat class one for lack of fifteen shillings in school fees.
Kilonzo was educated at Mbooni Primary School and Machakos High School before joining University of Dar es Salaam in 1969, graduating with a First Class Honours Degree in Law—the first in the East African region.
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