Gitu wa kahengeri biography sample

One of Kenya’s freedom fighters, Gitu wa Kahengeri, launched his memoir book entitled The Betrayal of Mau Mau Freedom Fighters at Kiambu County during celebrations of Jamhuri Day.

The Mau Mau war veteran who attended the celebrations at the Kirigiti stadium said that although he was happy to have met King Charles of the United Kingdom when he visited the country recently, he was not satisfied with the talks.

“I told the king that the British made us poor; for years there was no settlement as the British took our land, and above all, some people even went to jail.

We remain poor, and they cannot give us money for medicine as compensation. We are still waiting for justice,” he said.

Gitu was among a few Mau Mau veterans and their descendants who met with King Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, with some of the discussion being reparations and compensation for the atrocities committed by the British Government during the Mau Mau uprising more than six decades ago.

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