Sins of dictator Bokassa: He planted seeds across the world

President Jean Bokassa of Central Africa Republic salutes a dance troupe an arrival in Kampala, Uganda, in 1967. [File, Standard]

When a long lost Mau Mau general, Stanley Mathenge Mirugi was 'discovered' in Ethiopia and brought home on May 30, 2003, there were celebrations.

But Mwai Kibaki's government suffered international embarrassment when it turned out that the country had feted an illiterate Ethiopian peasant -Lemma Ato Ayanu.