ALSO READ: Matiba remains a free spirit to the endKenyans waited with baited breath as Nelson Mandela, the man who had been in jail for 27 years, finally landed in Nairobi. On the day Mandela arrived, the government formally announced the detention of Nairobi lawyer Mohamed Ibrahim. Text the word 'NEWS' to 22840To Mandela, Kimathi was “a man who led the armed struggle against the British very excellently and for which he paid with his own life. They had been picked at midnight in raids to their houses a day after Mandela arrived. Although Matiba was released a year later when his health deteriorated and suffered a stroke, he never recovered.

Source: Standard Digital April 27, 2018 21:02 UTC