One may judge the Mau Mau for the killings and atrocities they committed, but they are equally up in arms over misrule and neglect decades after Independence in 1963. The Mau Mau movement, which emerged in the 1950s, was the militant wing of a growing clamour for political representation and freedom in Kenya. The capture of rebel leader Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi on October 21, 1956, signalled the defeat of the Mau Mau. Baimuingi, one of the last Mau Mau generals, was killed shortly after Kenya attained self-rule. Looking back, Mau Mau fighter brigadier Joseph Mwenda, 85, feels they have been short-changed and the country as a whole betrayed.

Source: The Star January 05, 2021 01:52 UTC