Freedom heroes who led struggle outside the forest

Joseph Muthee Murage with the original manuscript of his book "Kizuizini." [Nicholas Biwott, Standard]]

Sixty-one years ago today, Kenyans welcomed independence after the Kenyan flag was raised high and the colonial one went down at Uhuru Gardens.

Ululations rent the night air, tears and embraces spread among a people who had given their all to see their country free. The physical scars were as bad as the mental ones. They stemmed from torture, rape, grief and betrayal.