In this autobiography, Njenga traces his early life right from birth in 1929, and takes the reader through the various spheres of his life. Born into poverty with minimal education Njenga ventured into business during one of the toughest times in Kenya's colonial history becoming a respected politician and Cabinet Minister who interacted intimately with all the first three Presidents of independent Kenya.

He is described as a Mau Mau oath-taker, seemingly of two minds - both for and against, loyal and disloyal. In A Daunting Journey, Jeremiah Gitau Kiereini, lets us into his life spanning three generations. He reveals insights into the influences and intrigues surrounding the early civil service and the powerful individuals who held Kenya's future in their hands. Kiereini also exposes the dichotomy that irreconcilably split the communities involved in the struggle for independence and the personal contradictions and challenges he encountered as he sought to find pride and loyalty in service to...