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State urged to honour fallen icon's wish on Kimathi burial

Mukami Kimathi at Nyayo stadium during Mashujaa Day celebrations. [File, Standard]

The family of freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi now wants the government in collaboration with the British to reveal where he was buried and allow his exhumation.

The family and some leaders from Mt Kenya region said giving Kimathi a decent burial will be a honour to his late widow Mukami.

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