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The Day Kimathi died: Recollections by his wife Mukami Kimathi

 

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki greets freedom hero Mukami Kimathi during a graduation ceremony at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology on April 28, 2017. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

When Mukami Kimathi received a handwritten note requesting her to go to Industrial Area Prison in Nairobi on February 17, 1957, she dismissed it as just another prank by her tormentors.

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