He
was one of six legendary Mau Mau freedom fighters, including Kenya’s
future President, Jomo Kenyatta, whom the British colonial authorities
arrested and tried in a hastily made-up court in a small town in
north-western Kenya called Kapenguria, convicted and locked up in jail
and detention for nearly a decade before the country’s independence. He
was one of the most colourful political personalities Kenya had ever
seen. He added spice to post-independence Kenyan politics in a way that
put him in a league of his own.
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