Q. How is the new ‘Freedom Trail’ app helping Kenyan students explore the Mau Mau sites?

The **Freedom Trail** app, launched in March 2026, is turning Kenya’s Mau Mau heritage sites into an interactive classroom‑field trip. **What it does** * **GPS‑guided routes** – Students get a map that lights up key locations (e.g., Olenguruone, the Forest of the Mau Mau, the former prison at Nakuru). The app syncs with school timetables so teachers can assign a “trail” for a specific lesson. * **Augmented‑reality (AR) overlays** – Point a phone at a landmark and see a 3‑D reconstruction of a 1950s guerrilla camp, a British police outpost, or a 1950‑era photograph appear on‑screen. * **Audio‑first storytelling** – Former freedom fighters, historians and community elders record short, bilingual (English/Swahili) narratives that play automatically as students approach each site. * **Quiz & badge system** – After each stop, learners answer a quick question; correct answers earn digital “heritage badges” that can be