Thread by @historykenya101

The pictures seen below represent the story of betrayal of the maumau fighters. One is a poster that celebrates the killing of fighters (selling fear) Note the title "Atoi" kikuyu word for terrorists,a name that stuck courtesy of anti-mau mau campaign led by chief Waruhiu & Jomo

The other one is a supposed letter by kîmathi to a priest friend on the eve of his execution in 1957

In one of the many letters written by Marshall kîmathi,he is seen warning his brother colonel Wambararia that there were men who were planning to kill him,Kimathi & 2 others.

Kîmathi in the letter asked his brother and the other men to mobilize all forces and be ready for a bloody confrontation with the traitors.

He would later be captured while walking into the forest an event that would be followed by twists and lies.

The biggest of these lies is that Kimathi had surrendered and had written a letter applying for negotiation.

It is said that there were two factions within the insurgence, one of moderates and the other of radicals like Kimathi and his deputy Baimungi.

On the eve of his execution,Dedan is said to have written a letter in which he shared his readiness to die to Priest named Marino.This was as opposed to the likes of Waruhiu wa Itote (China) who cooperated.Why would the colonialists be in a hurry to hang a man who had surrendered

The events of kimathi's execution indicate efforts to remove a huddle. His burial in an unmarked grave further indicate the intention to remove him completely from history. A thing that can only be done to a soldier who is a threat even in death. One that never surrendered.

After his death in 1957,his deputy Baimungi took over leading the fight until 1960.His leadership came to an end unceremoniously in the forest in 1965 two years after returning to the forest.

After Kenyatta came to power He called on Baimungi & his group to come out of the forest in a meeting held in Gatundu. However, it turned out that Jomo did not want them joining the armed forces as they requested neither did they see justice in the sharing of land.

Instead Jomo bought back land from the settlers and the fighters would have none of it as it was shared Among allies of the moderate faction and collaborators.

Baimungi M'marete led this group back to the forest to continue fighting for land as the mission was unaccomplished.

In return, Jomo started a repression operation, one that saw the hunting down of the fighters in the forest. That is how Baimungi bit the bullet in the forest.

This betrayal and the erasing of the names of these heroes from history is the truth about the war.

While independence came, it is true that the war was lost. Africans of armed spirit in Kenya like in most countries did not win, the white man won, dressed behind the faces of his collaborators. A plan hatched long before the death of chief Waruhiu in 1952.

The war was won on behalf of the settlers by black people who have dominated books of history. Celebrated as heroes. Cronies cooked in years of lies.

The grave where Kimathi was burried in Kamiti has remained unidentified. A reminder that they must never be remembered, lest the truth of their desire for Honor and justice among country men is reawakened. Dreaded even in death.