WHO IS A HERO? Kadenge’s plight triggers debate on who qualifies to be a national icon

Former Harambee Stars players (from left): Mahmoud Abbass, John Bobby Ogolla and Joe Kadenge during Mashujaa Day celebtations on October 20, 2015. [PHOTO: FILE]

Just who is a national hero or heroine? It is a question that has come under sharp focus after President Uhuru Kenyatta visited ailing football great Joe Kadenge on Sunday at his Mariakani Gardens home in South B, Nairobi.

President Uhuru donated Sh2million to Kadenge, medical insurance for him and his wife and promised to get him a house, besides directing that the 82-year-old be moved, in the meantime, from third to ground floor of the Nairobi County house.