Mutunga: Mandela personified respect for rule of law

By WILLY MUTUNGA

Nelson Mandela belonged to that exceptionally rare and endangered breed of the African elite that broke vernacular barriers to build a Rainbow Nation. With considerable effort and remarkable foresight, he harnessed diversity into a common nationhood. He built and unfailingly respected democratic institutions, and bequeathed to the world, a progressive and modern model Constitution whose Bill of Rights informed our own.