When Kenyan delegation sampled London's nightlife

Jomo Kenyatta with other delegates during the Lancaster House conference in February 1962. [File, Standard]

The specter of Kenyans sending large delegations to international government junkets did not start yesterday.

The second Lancaster House talks which began on Valentine's Day of 1962 at the Long Gallery, was as scandalous as was its conclusion; deadlock which resulted in a compromise document.