The real shujaas have a place in hearts and minds of the people

David Kimoko during this year's Mashujaa Day celebration at Wanguru Stadium, Kirinyaga County on October 20, 2021.  [Elvis Ogina, Standard[

Going by some past recipients of Head of State commendations, one would be forgiven for imagining a dearth of heroes/heroines in Kenya.

Certainly awardees like the man who stood in a voting queue on election day, munching githeri suggest, like the English poet Milton wrote, those who “also serve, who only stand and wait.”