Call for recognition of man who protected Jomo Kenyatta in Taita caves

Relatives and friends carry coffin bearing the remains of Mzee Herman Mwandighi, 101 years, who guarded the founding father of the nation the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and other freedom fighters at Kino Caves during the struggle for independence. The former KDF soldier was over the weekend laid to rest in an emotional send-off at Lushangonyi village in Taita-Taveta County. [Renson Mnyamwezi, Standard]

The curtain has fallen on a man who protected the founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in Taita Taveta during the struggle for independence.

Herman Mwandighi, who was buried at his home in Wundayi, was eulogised by Taita Taveta political and religious leaders as a hero who should be celebrated for risking his life to protect Kenya’s founder President.