The late Kenyan businessman and respected politician Kenneth Matiba. In Tanzania and the rest of East Africa, Matiba was an extremely fascinating figure. PHOTO|FILE
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Indeed, it wasn’t lost on me that one of the mourners from the UK at the funeral service for Mr Matiba, the lawyer Laurie Watt, mentioned Mr Matiba as his hero after Nelson Mandela. On a personal level, save for Mandela, a few other leaders that stand out are Julius Nyerere, Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr.
