Yet another of the freedom heroes of Kenya has passed the divide and we have again, as we have done so many times in the past, assembled at their homesteads to pay our last respects and shed tears.
We have perfected the art of paying last respects although these are usually the only respect the deceased ever got from the nation they sacrificed so much for. We shed tears though the deceased from their vantage point in the here-after can tell they are of the crocodile variety.
What a shame!
It is high time, especially with the recent re-birth of our nation and the accompanying new spirit of nationalism, that we chronicled our struggle for 'uhuru halisi'. We need to recognise all those who have played roles in our freedoms and know them by name. We don't have to carve or make sculptures of them but at least we ought to have a wall like memorial- most appropriately at the so called freedom corner and/or on other appropriate locations nationwide, and their names etched thereon. We need to know how and where the still living heroes are, the conditions of their lives, their health status. It really is national immorality to decry a former freedom fighter's poor conditions at their gravesides, after they die.
Farewell, Peter Young.
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