People's Watchman: Shikuku's politics landed him in prison during Jomo Kenyatta era

Martin Shikuku was a firebrand Kenyan politician. He was once detained by the government of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta for claiming in Parliament that Kanu was dead and that Kenyatta was responsible for this.

Shikuku was born on Christmas Day in 1932 in Magadi to John Oyondi and Lucia Andeche. He attended St. Peters Mumias Boy's Primary School then proceeded to St. Peters Seminary to pursue priesthood. Interestingly, this was not to be as he caught the love bug and left the seminary to get married.