The day I met Mandela

Face to face with Madiba: Standard Group’s Editorial Director Chaacha Mwita  side by side with Apartheid hero Nelson Mandela in Nairobi when he visited Kenya in 2005.   [PHOTO: Jeniffer wachie/STANDARD]

By Chaacha Mwita

In my house, there is a picture on the wall that draws disbelief, admiration, and, on occasion, envy, from those who see it. It is a picture of the late Nelson ‘Madiba’ Mandela and I seated next to each other.