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Mashujaa: We ate uhuru, forgot to mark graves of freedom fighters

They are celebrated for the blood, sweat and tears they shed for Kenya. One form of sacrifice to another — and while a few who are still living have something to show for their sacrifice, their comrades literally vanished into thin air.

As the country marks Mashujaa Day, it is ironical that we celebrate soldiers whom we left behind in battle, and whose families languish in poverty and obscurity. For one reason to another, successive regimes since independence have shown disinterest in finding their graves and singing the ‘last post’ for these freedom fighters .

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