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Desai House: Kenya's cradle of democracy goes down

The house constructed by freedom fighter JM Desai is now at the centre of a family feud. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

This is the nugget which must go under the hammer. It is the crucible of Kenya’s history. Here the radicals, the moderates and the royalists secretly met. But all that is over. Like a log used to cross dangerous waters but useless now, the nondescript Desai House with all its history and memorabilia must give way to modern city flats.

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