During his presidency, founding father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was repeatedly accused of grabbing Kenyans land and keeping it to himself, which was termed at the reason behind his family's huge tracks of land.
But it appears that the leader was also at some point a victim of land grabbing, and couldn't do anything as he was both a common civilian and also condemned to the Lokitaung Prison in Kapenguria, West Pokot.
This happened in 1955 when the British took his land in Gatundu and turned it into an Agriculutal College.
This he was notified by his eldest daughter Margaret Kenyatta with whom they communicated through letters, with the help of sympathetic guards who sneaked them in.
In his response letter in January 1956, Kenyatta said that he did not find the love as painful as the land was being out into a good use, terming it the will of God.
“Everything that is being done there is according to the will of the Almighty God, so I see it as good, especially the way the shambas are being used for teaching agriculture and animal husbandry.
This is very useful for those who are learning to help improve the life of the people. Let us thank God to guard us and keep us in his grace, with mercy and kindness.”Au revoir. I’m your loving father, J.K," he responded.
Kenyatta also at this time depended on Margaret for almost everything, including medication.
This was because he couldn't trust anyone in the prison with his life, especially after an initial attempt on his life by Kariuki Chotara earlier, before Waruhiu Iote rescued him from Chotara's knife which was to piece through his body.
But so sickly and weak was he that he was not only not allowed to break the hard rocks like his fellow members of the Kapenguria 6 group, but was also expected to die soon.
Actually, then North Easter Provincial Commissioner P De Robeck in his Annual Lokitaung Report of 1955 said that Kenyatta's heart rate was so high that he could "snuff it" at any moment.
He would however live for tens of years more, and would only die in 1978.