February 18 is a special day in Kenya's history. It's the day Field Marshall Dedan Kimathi, the leader of the Kenya Land and Freedon Army, popularly known as Mau Mau, was killed by British colonialists in 1957. To mark Kimathi's 57th death anniversary, Kenyans converged at the Kenya Cultural Centre on Harry Thuku Road in Nairobi to witness the launch of historian and political prisoner Maina wa Kinyatti's newest book Mwakenya: The Unfinished Revolution. The new book talks about the heroic fight for democracy and social justice spanning the regimes of Presidents Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap...
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