Jomo Kenyatta’s message in ‘The Gentlemen of the Jungle’ is clear. He doesn’t mince words to suggest that if righteousness fails, the wicked should be tackled by taking recourse to devious ways. As it happens in contemporary society, we see that the rich and the powerful can buy justice and the poor man is denied his rights. His exploitation continues unabated for a while. But, as history has shown, when the haves exploits the have-nots, sooner or later there will be a revolt of the underdogs of society. Often such revolts have been bloody. Likewise, we see that when the man cannot get justice through proper legal ways, he uses a cunning trick. All the animals dig their own graves because they do not know how to contain their greed. The man’s victory is a warning to the selfish and the powerful. Jomo Kenyatta makes it clear that the mighty perish in their own might and the slain survives the slayer.
