Speaker Justin Muturi owes us a tale on his forest escapade

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi coronated by Kikuyu Council of Elders at Mukurwe Wa Nyagatha at Gakuyu Village in Kiharu, Murang'a County. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Prof Daniel Branch of Warwick University recalls the anxiety that informed party politics in Kenya on the eve of independence.

He states, in ‘Kenya: Between Hope and Despair, 1963 – 2011’ that the Ronald Ngala-led Kadu party was a defensive entity. Echoing David Anderson, Branch remembers the ethnic doubts that ruled the country on the road to freedom.