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Karumba's kin plead for Sh14 million to build a mausoleum

Kungu Karumba's daughter, Philemona Njambi, and the freedom fighter's grandson, Tevin Nazario Ndung'u. [Courtesy]

What is the price for liberating one's motherland? When Kung'u Karumba was released from prison after more than seven years in colonial jail for organising activities of the outlawed Mau Mau, he assumed he had paid his debt to the country.

He was wrong. As his family has belatedly discovered his sweat, suffering and patriotism are still insufficient to warrant recognition as a national hero.

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