Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- A ray of hope has engulfed the family of the late Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi after a consortium of experts from Kenya and across the globe starts the process of tracing his remains, 67 years after his death.

Currently, the family is only cherishing a life-size statue that was erected in the honour of Kenya's fierce freedom fighter at his home area at Karuna-ini Village, Tetu Sub-County, Nyeri County.

On this day (Sunday) in 1957, while aged 36, the lifeless body of Kimathi, the bold and fearless leader of the Mau Mau war, was wheeled out of the hangman's chamber with a noose around his neck.

As he was being buried in an unmarked grave, the British government and settlers took to the streets to celebrate the death o...