Tom Mboya's unholy procession on a sacred Good Friday

Legislative Council Opening in 1954. [File, Standard]

Is there a day that is so holy that Christians should not raise their voices against vices? If the government has its way, some holy days would be reserved strictly for the confession of sins or praise and worship.

But when a country is struggling to sever its umbilical cord with its oppressor, its leaders can be forgiven for overlooking certain sensitivities. This explains why senior government agents got blue in the face when Tom Mboya chose to remind his colonial masters of some of their gravest sins on the holiest day in the Christian calendar.