December 12,1963: the British Union Jack is lowered for the last time and the flag of newly independent Kenya is raised amid ecstatic scenes of jubilant men and women celebrating the liberation of their country from the colonial yoke.
As people rejoiced in every corner of the country, a group of musicians who were building the foundation for the earliest explosion of pop music with a distinct Kenyan flavour, were toasting the freedom to achieve their long sought after dreams of success.