Lemma Ayanu [Photo: Courtesy]Kenya was treated to one of the most memorable journalistic charades in May 2003. The country was taken in, and the Government saw a chance to unveil a Mau Mau hero that Madaraka Day on June 12. Read Also: Ayanu and the search for war hero General MathengeAnd here was Karimi’s ‘scoop’ of tracing General Mathenge to Ethiopia from December 2001. Harkman Muiruri, the chair of the Kenya African Mau Mau Union doubted whether ‘General Mathenge’ was the General Mathenge he had recruited in Aberdare Forest. See, General Mathenge left Kenya at 37, meaning he must have been 84 in 2003.

Source: Standard Digital February 17, 2021 08:26 UTC