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At the strike of the hour 2pm at the Hindu Crematorium in Kariokor, Nairobi on Friday, the incinerator roared to life, raring to blow up in smoke the triumphs and conquests of a man who led a purposeful life.
David Nduati Kigochi had come a long way- from a mere tourism officer in the 1970's to the man who held retired President Uhuru Kenyatta's hand in his 1997 political debut, and to be the leader of Farmers Party, the first party of its kind.
For decades his office- Room 108, Ruprani House off Moktar Dadah Street was simply the spot. It was on this very room on the "Noel Night" of 1997, that the younger Kenyatta smoked the night away as his political debut went up in smoke following a botched buy-out of rival candidate Moses Muhia.
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