The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
“Mzee. The Old Man with the white goatee and deep-set magus eyes.So much has been said of him, mostly negative nowadays…the greed and nepotism, the selling of the country, the purported deal with his British jailers, the betrayal of the freedom fighters…even the acquiescence to murder in his name; yet he was, remains, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the one and only; we delight to quote him to each other as we would an old father; we agree we would have been a lot poorer without him.He was fatherly, this ma...n the British claimed masterminded the Mau Mau uprising, whom they convicted in a kangaroo court. We know he didn’t mastermind the movement, his name merely lent prestige to it, and its reputation in return gave him the aura of menace and power.Paul Nderi came rolling and puffing into the offices one day, checked for messages with Rose at her desk, then turned around and said to me as I approached, Come, hurry, I’ll take you to meet the Man himself.I looked up in confusion and he said, The President—Mzee Kenyatta—he wants to meet and thank you in person, Vikram Lall.I could only gasp incomprehensibly and follow him out, with a helpless look at Rose.MoreLess
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