Prisoners taste freedom following Uhuru Kenyatta's pardon

Some prisoners await release after they were freed on presidential pardon at Nairobi West Prison. They are among over 7,000 beneficiaries of the Mashujaa Day presidential pardon. [Photo: Jenipher Wachie/Standard]

He tightly held a brown envelope in his right hand as his fellow inmates from inside prison cells peeped in awe to catch a glimpse of what was happening.

Koigi Mukia, 29, who spent five years behind bars in Nairobi West Prison, was now a free man.