What happens to an aspiring scholar who has the audacity to contradict a messianic teacher used to shattering young dreams even as he shaped the destiny of Kenya's future leaders?
Kenyans who went through the hands of revered Alliance High School founder, Carey Francis, knew better than to question his reasoning or his beliefs. Those who went against this wisdom paid a heavy price.
Long before he cut his teeth in politics, Julius Gikonyo Kiano, who was studying at Alliance, had supported Eliud Mathu's views of why Africans were entitled to their freedom. He was conversing with Francis who had given him a lift in his personal vehicle from hospital.
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