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Delay to set up special council adds to heroes long suffering

Current Leader for Nakuru District Ex Freedom Fighters Organization Stephen Gathiani Kingori during an interview at his home Ndeffo in Njoro on October 19,2018: [PHOTO: Harun Wathari/Standard]

A four-year delay in setting up a council to identify and reward modern day heroes and heroines has left thousands of them at the mercy of faceless and possibly subjective state bureaucrats for recognition.

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