How Dedan Kimathi's four children were nearly flown to India for good

Freedom hero, Dedan Kimathi's widow, Mukami is helped by her daughter, Evelyne Wanjugu (right) and other relatives to walk to a site where her husband was shot and captured by the British colonialists during the liberation struggle. [File, Standard]

Even after sacrificing her youth to free her motherland in a cause that ultimately cost her a husband, Mukami Kimathi almost lost her four children to some schemers from India 57 years ago.

Mukami, the widow of freedom icon Dedan Kimathi, had to mount a spirited campaign to save her children before they were flown to India, where some conspirators planned to keep them forever.