Museum honours heroes of prehistory research

RIGHT: Mrs. Mary Muungu, the first Kenyan pre-history research heroine to be awarded at the National Museums of Kenya(NMK),with her are Mzalendo Kibunja Director General of NMK.PHOTO:JAMES WANZALA/STANDARD

The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) honoured African Fossil Hunters recently, in a two-day international event dubbed Celebrating Africa’s Unsung Heroes in Prehistory Research.

Speaking during the ceremony, Mr Joe Okudo,Principal Secretary Arts and Culture Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts said: “This group of people are rarely recognised beyond the projects they work for.