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When Jomo had to duck chicken offal, eggs in London

Kenya's first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. [File, Standard]

The journey to Kenya's independence was rocky and rugged. While the dreaded Mau Mau was causing havoc to British establishments in Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, then future president, was languishing in the bleak and windswept prison compound in Lokitaung, Turkana.

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