Most of these men and women suffered detention without trial; they were gruesomely tortured. Perhaps, as some have argued, multiparty democracy would have been achieved in Kenya without Matiba’s incessant efforts. These men and women many considered mad have written our history in their own flesh. A jostle of the conscience occurs when we witness the departure from this world of these valiant men and women. The country shall not be carried on the backs of men and women whose proclivities tend towards unchecked individualism.

Source: Daily Nation April 26, 2018 15:22 UTC