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I found Dedan Kimathi in pain, he sadly died in my watch

Meshack Wang’ombe points at the trenches where he found Dedan Kimathi.

By Lydia Nyawira

NYERI, KENYA: On a barren patch of earth in the midst of green tea bushes on October 21 , 1956, an 18-year-old Meshack Wang’ombe came face to face with his destiny as one of the only Kenyans to carry the late Dedan Kimathi after he was shot.

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