When the Kenya Heroes Act was assented to in 2014, one would have expected that we could, by now, have put a framework to govern the erection of monuments in various public places — for that is the first function of the National Heroes Council. But it took years before the Kenya Heroes Council was put in place.
Recently, President Kenyatta unveiled Ronald Ngala’s monument as a tribute to the Kenyan nationalist who led Kadu party in early 1960s before merging it with Jomo Kenyatta’s Kanu after independence. We are not saying that Mr Ngala does not deserve that honour. Nay.
