By Mercy Imali
At only 21, Anthony Mbuthia has basically seen a lifetime of harrowing experiences.
His most bone-chilling moment was watching more than a dozen people burn to death. Anthony was among the people who took refuge at the Kiambaa Church on January 1, 2008 at the height of the 2007-2008 post-election violence, only for attackers to set it ablaze.
Anthony’s escape was nothing short of a miracle, through which he suffered extensive burns. This has seen him in theatres with 70 surgeries and counting. The estimate is over 50 theatre visits in Kenya and over 20 in the US spread over five years.
He narrates his story of survival in a new book, Scars of a Nation: Survivor of Kiambaa Church Massacre and the Elusive Justice.