Mau Mau girls offered ‘sexual relief’ in forest

Mau Mau Women Freedom Fighters In The Forest

A former primary school teacher, a dairy and timber clerk, a pig farmhand with a missing left index finger, a trader in hides and an admired but violent thief, was hanged on February 18, 1957. That man was Field Marshall Dedan Kimathi. He spoke in parables and quoted the Old Testament Kikuyu Bible he carried and borrowed the British military hierarchy for his rat tag forest militia.

The Mau Mau army had had field marshalls, like Field Marshall Musa Mwariama who was at the helm with Kimathi. Next came the generals like Baimungi, General Mathenge, General China, General Chui, General Kago, General Kimbo and General Kahiu Itina.