Why are we so quick to forget Kapenguria Six?

Any honest historian will tell you the enormous sacrifices that were made by the famous six leading Kenyan nationalists Bildad Kaggia, Kung’u Karumba, Jomo Kenyatta, Fred Kubai, Paul Ngei and Achieng’ Oneko — were legendary and unmatched.

The great selfless men fought the fierce political battles that saw Kenya attain independence not for own gains but for the sake of the nation though things later changed for some. To be imprisoned in a remote part of the country for fellow compatriots those days was not a walk in the park. These true patriots went through such an ordeal because they loved their motherland and were ready to die for it. For most of them, it was never for selfish political gain or for mindless accumulation of wealth.