| A Daunting Journey Contributor(s): Kiereini, Jeremiah Gitau (Author), Wa Gethoi, Mutu (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9966259783 ISBN-13: 9789966259783 Publisher: East African Educational Publishers OUR PRICE: $54.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (0.89 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: He is described as a Mau Mau oath-taker, seemingly of two minds - both for and against, loyal and disloyal. In A Daunting Journey, Jeremiah Gitau Kiereini, lets us into his life spanning three generations. He reveals insights into the influences and intrigues surrounding the early civil service and the powerful individuals who held Kenya's future in their hands. Kiereini also exposes the dichotomy that irreconcilably split the communities involved in the struggle for independence and the personal contradictions and challenges he encountered as he sought to find pride and loyalty in service to a newly independent Kenya. This is truly a fascinating chronicle that takes us from the humble and difficult years of childhood, through the Mau Mau years, the Kenyatta administration, the Moi regime, and on to the present in the life of Jeremiah Kiereini. Most captivating is the narrative on the infamous 1969 oath-taking commonly referred to as, 'Caai wa Gatundu' and the 1982 coup. |