President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, March 5, visited the historic Kenyatta house in Maralal town, where the founding father Jomo Kenyatta was detained in 1961.
In a photo posted on the State House page, Uhuru was seen signing the visitor's book, the second time after he toured in 2007.
"Conceived in this house in the year of our Lord 1961. A pleasure to be back using my own two feet," Uhuru wrote in the book when he toured in 2007.
It is not clear, however, what he wrote after his visit on Friday.
State House Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita, who was also in the company of the president rallied Kenyans to visit the place. He noted that it was easy to commute since the roads were easily accessible.
Kenyatta and five other politicians had been detained in the three-bedroomed house in relation to the Mau Mau uprising. He was at the time waiting for negotiations of the terms of independence, which were ongoing.
His family - Mama Ngina Kenyatta and daughters Christine and Jane Njeri - joined him.
The house is now a national monument under the management of the National Museums of Kenya, having played a crucial role in the independence of the country.
Before his detention in the house, Kenyatta had been held for seven years at Lokitaung in northern Turkana.
Kenyatta House displays interesting exhibits like historic photographs and the original telephone and furniture of the Kenyatta family.
The splendid view outside the Kenyatta house formed the title of Mzee Kenyatta’s book ‘Facing Mount Kenya’, which he wrote during his detention in Maralal.
