Were there falsified historical facts in Raila's book, The Flame of Freedom?

This book was published last year in Kenya. Its foreword was written by Olusegun Obasanjo. It is written in simple and clear English. Its tone and themes are very captivating. It has 958 pages, with a list of index it comes to more than a thousand pages. This large number of pages must be a hindering factor to its mass readership in Kenya. Given the Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp as well as Instagram culture in Kenya, where nowadays people prefer reading through short digital passages rather than wriggling through the buckling weight of a book with a thousand plus pages. This must also be the reason why this book has not been a subject of public discussion since its launch one year and some few months ago. Talking to a bookseller in Eldoret who sold me a copy of this book at a price of Sh3500, he said that the price is also a barrier to mass readership of the book as most Kenyans are not ready to part with this much for a book.

Personally I have finished reading the book. I appreciate some strengths displayed by the author. At most, the authors’ display of the good memory in regard to the nuanced facts and details, most of them have been forgotten by the people of Kenya. Intellectual audacity and depth of research virtuously comes out on each and every page. Kudos, honourable Raila Odinga.