Glowing tributes as Kenya mourns Kenneth Matiba

Kenneth Matiba, an opposition icon had grappled with a stroke for almost 20 years following detention in the 1990s. [File, Standard]

Multi-party luminaries, politicians and scores of Kenyans have paid tribute to Kenya’s democracy hero Kenneth Stanley Njindo Matiba.

Matiba who will be remembered for risking his life and standing up against  the Kanu government, died yesterday aged 85.