Years after their separation, founding Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga still treasured his former boss Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, who was however busy oppressing him.
The two had led the fight for freedom before taking over as President and Vice in 1963, but Oginga resigned in 1966, owing to harassment and humiliation from Kenyatta's inner circle.
But veteran politician Koigi Wa Wamwere says that Kenyatta remained Oginga's hero years later, as he would establish when he visited him at one of his homes.
He says that he at some point visited the opposition don, only to find Kenyatta's pictures filling the walls in his house which shocked him as they were by now sworn political enemies.
Upon asking why Oginga still trees a man who even kept him under house detention, he says that Oginga noted that his admiration for Kenyatta as a freedom fighter never faded.
"Aliniambia hata kama aliniweka kizuizini yeye ni shujaa wangu. Siwezi kumnyima sifa ya kupigania uhuru," he said on Radio Sauti Ya Mwananchi's Cheche show, Saturday evening.
This translates to: "He told me that even though he put me in detention he remains my hero. I cannot deny him the credit for fighting for freedom."
Wamwere, a former Subukia lawmaker, said that he was accompanied by former Nakuru Town MP Mirugi Kariuki for the visit.
He added that Oginga explained to him about the two Kenyatta's he knew; the good freedom fighter and the bad politician who forgot his people immediately after he took power.
Oginga complained about the politician Kenyatta for forgetting everything about the reasons as to why they fought for independence, using his leadership to realize his own ambitions.
"Kulikuwa na Kenyatta wawili; wa kwanza ni aliyepigania Uhuru na wa pili ni aliyengoza kwa kusahau kusahau kanuni walizokuwa wamepigania," he added.
This translates to; "There were two types of Kenyatta; the first one was the freedom fighter and the second one was the leader who forgot about the policies the people they fought for."
Oginga's relationship with Kenyatta worsened even further in 1969, when his supporters heckled Kenyatta in Kisumu, ending up in a massacre that saw many killed by police.
This was followed by the banning of Oginga and his Kenya People's Union (KPU) party, a situation that would continue after Kenyatta's successor Daniel Moi took over after his 1978 death.