Once a son of a Kenyan founding father was disgruntled by the direction his country was taking, and, targeted by the atrocious state, twisted a knot in the tail of Kanu's predatory regime - his name is Raila Odinga.
By daring to challenge Kanu, Raila had, as Aristotle would put it, leaped into a despot's throne. He would go on to serve nine years in detention, largely without trial. The rest, as they say, is history.