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Kenya's first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. [File, Standard]
The journey to Kenya's independence was rocky and rugged. While the dreaded Mau Mau was causing havoc to British establishments in Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, then future president, was languishing in the bleak and windswept prison compound in Lokitaung, Turkana.
Upon his release from exile in Lodwar in 1961, Kenyatta took the lead in formal discussions in London that would culminate in the country's independence. The talks, labelled Lancaster House conferences, were not devoid of drama. There were groups that had vowed to cause the old man harm, with fears that they could use treacherous methods employed by the Mau Mau against British interests.
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