Baringo icon who got access to Mzee Jomo Kenyatta while in detention dies

From left: Bildad Kaggia, Kung’u Karumba, Henry Cheboiwo, Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel Moi, Paul Ngei and Fred Kubai in September 1959. Moi, who was a Legco member, was accompanied by Cheboiwo to pay Kenyatta a visit while in prison. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

He was among the few Kenyans who reached Mzee Jomo Kenyatta when the latter was in prison.

It was an honour not many got, but Henry Cheboiwo was lucky after President Daniel Moi, then a member of Legislative Council representing Rift Valley, picked him to accompany him because he understood English and Kiswahili and had a little background in politics.