The Unsung Kenya's Independence Freedom Fighters
MAU MAU MOVEMENT UNSUNG HEROES WHO WERE BURIED ALIVE
General China was leader of Mount Kenya Forces. General Tanganyika, who aligned himself to the Hika Hika Battalion, was the man who led the raid on the home of a white settler known as Gray Leakey in October 1955. The raid brought fame to Mau Mau and the freedom fighters took the captured Leakey to the forest and buried him alive. It is reported that even the Queen of England pleaded with them to return his body to his family; they never did.
As one of the most hunted men by the colonialists, he escaped arrest for three-and-a-half years until April 10, 1956 when he was captured as his unarmed fighters were looking for food in the forest. No bullet was fired. He was later sentenced to death.
General Kubu Kubu also known as Njagi wa Ikutha, was the most respected freedom fighters from the Embu community.
General Kariba, who was an oath administrator in the Nyeri district, was known as the most courageous leader in Nyeri and led the Hika Hika Battalion after the Capture of General China.
General Mathenge carried out the most sophisticated attack during the Mau Mau Emergency after they raided the Naivasha Police Station, broke into the armory and carted away weapons in two lorries. They also freed 173 prisoners.
