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Kiburi House, Kirinyaga Road, Nairobi. Inset, Ewart Grogan (L) Senior Chief Waruhiu wa Kungu and Jomo Kenyatta’s younger brother James Muigai. [Courtesy]
Commemorating Mashujaa Day is conceptually a struggle over the relativity of heroism and heroes. Some people identified as ‘heroes’ appear as if they belong to Sam Kobia’s list of shame.
There also are national institutions, with their priorities upside down, that deserve mention in the list of shame. Among them are those in charge of museums, monuments and heritage. These annoyed John Kamau because they show little, if any, sense of Kenyan identity; they glorify symbols of colonial atrocities instead of promoting anti-colonial struggles.
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