Hosted in the hilly and fertile Kisii county in southwestern Kenya, the occasion marked a decade of Mashujaa Day or Heroes Day under the current constitution. Before 2010, the day was marked under the name of the founding father of the republic, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. Earlier to the Kenyatta generation, there had been other generations of Kenyan anticolonial champions, such as that of Harry Thuku and his precursors. There is an urgent need to document this first phase of our national history between the Berlin Conference of 1884 and the First World War of 1914-1919. Each generation has a role to play in the quest for a more perfect republic here in Kenya.

Source: The Star October 23, 2020 00:56 UTC