Presidents and Leaders

My father, Joachim Francis Macharia, is an enigma. When he speaks, he uses parables and analogies. When addressing crowds, he maintains an aloofness that is difficult to penetrate. His high sense of humor is unmatched. He will often leave his audience in stiches when he narrates interesting stories from his past, present and what he thinks the future will I was a child, I listened keenly to these stories, about how he took part in the liberation of Kenya from the British colonialists, about his political life, his involvement in church affairs and wondered, were these fables? When I grew up, I began piecing these stories together through research of Kenya’s history. The struggle for indep...