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The British feared he would resurrect – Why Dedan Kimathi’s grave was a guarded secret

62 years after Dedan Kimathi, one of Kenya’s most famous freedom fighters was buried, his exact burial location has been found.

Questions have been raised on why it took so long to find the grave of a man who was a pillar in Kenya’s independence struggle and why it was hidden.

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