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INTERVIEW WITH THE WIFE OF GEN. STANLEY MATHENGE, MRS MUTHONI MATHENGE (WA KARONDI)
Gen. Stanley Mathenge Mirugi was one the top military leaders of the Mau Mau, the Kenya Land Freedom Army. In this riveting interview with Prof Macharia Munene, his wife tells how Mathenge was personally recruited by Jomo Kenyatta, Mbiyu Koinange and Bildad Kaggia to lead the fighters, which collaborates a claim we have heard so many times from the veterans we have interviewed. Mrs Mathenge was a freedom fighter in her own right and she narrates her experience with candour, humour and detail. Her interview also reveals important details about Kikuyu culture. She also talks of the Ethiopian man who was once brought into the country and presented as her husband Mathenge. #maumau #africanhistory #kenya #africanliberation #kenyatta
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RECASTING MAU MAU - A DOCUMENTARY IN FOUR PARTS: PART I
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The Mau Mau war of liberation in Kenya is of great interest to many people from around the world. It remains one of the fiercest struggles of independence from colonialism, and was the benchmark of many liberation struggles. Interestingly, the war of did not end with Kenyan independence. Retrogressive forces have continued to disparage the gallantry of Mau Mau veterans and to skew the telling a...
I LED MY OWN FATHER TO PEOPLE THAT GAVE HIM THE OATH - MAU MAU VETERAN RAHAB WANJIRU NJIIRI
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The 1950s was a very unique period as people from all the Mt. Kenya region did the unthinkable. The supporters of Mau Mau put the movement and the struggle before their relatives. In this interview, Rahab Njiiri, a Mau Mau veteran now residing in Nyandarua, narrates how she took her own father to those who administered the oath and told them not to harm him. He father reported her to a white se...
I BROUGHT THE INDEPENDENT CHURCH TO MERU AND THE CHURCH SUPPORTED MAU MAU -VETERAN M’ITARU WA MWENDA
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Mau Mau veteran M'Itaru wa Mwenda belongs to the Michubu age set, whose members had been born between 1917-1924. Sometimes in the 1940s, he went to work in Kiambu, for a white settler. He was introduced to the Kenya African Union (KAU) when he was working in Kiambu by the age set that preceded his, then took the Mau Mau oath before joining the Mau Mau forces in the forest. He tells of how they ...
THE INTIMATE STORY OF THE "INDEPENDENT CHURCH" (AIPCA) AND MAU MAU - BISHOP CHARLES MIRIE KAGO
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The African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa (AIPCA), commonly known as the Independent Church or "Indi," was the "official church of Mau Mau" if there was such a thing. The overwhelming majority of the political leaders in Mt. Kenya, from Kiambu in the South to Meru in the East, were members of this church. A large segment of the rank and file Mau Mau soldiers and Mau Mau supporters we...
AFTER BEING SENTENCED TO DEATH, I WAS IN DEATH ROW FOR THREE MONTHS - COL. TARSISIO WAWERU KIHIA
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Col. Tarsision Waweru Kihia had taken the oath in 1949. Col. Kihia was working in Nairobi when the State of Emergency was declared. All hell broke loose for all the young Kikuyu, Embu and Meru young men. Many of them opted to join the ranks of the fighters in the forest because the alternative was sure arrest and detention. To go the forest, they would travel in groups of 50 or so, led by a gui...
MAU MAU AND LIMURU 3: SPIRITUALITY, COURAGE AND RESPONSIBILITY - DR. NYAMU NJOKA
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Dr. Nyamu Njoka is a Kikuyu elder and author, who has also served as the Secretary of Mt. Kenya Foundation. His book, titled, Njũũria, ngwĩre: kĩhumo, mĩtugo na mĩikarĩre ya Agĩkũyũ (Ask and I will Tell You: Origin and Culture of the Agikuyu), is a tome on Kikuyu culture and mythology. He gave this speech today at the Limuru III Conference at Kabuku, Limuru. We regret that it was not possible t...
INTERVIEW WITH HENRY RUHARA BEAUTTAH THE SON OF JAMES BEAUTTAH, A FREEDOM FIGHTER
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Although born in 1956, Henry Ruhara Beauttah was very close to his famous father. In this interview, the gives insights into the humble beginnings of his father, and also gives an account of his visits to detention prisons such as Kwale and Marsabit where his father was detained, how he accompanied his father to Uhuru Gardens to witness the independence moment, his father's close friendship wit...
HARD LIFE AND TIMES AT THE HEIGHT OF THE MAU MAU WAR IN THE 1950s - A DOCUMENTARY
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The decade of the 1950s changed the course of Kenya’s history. It was the decade when Kenyans, with no external support and using their own limited resources, took on the might of the British Empire. It was a decade of remarkable hecatomb and suffering, but this sacrifice was not in vain. The Mau Mau war, which provoked copycat liberation wars throughout the colonized world, ensured that at the...
THE MAU MAU OATH WAS A POWERFUL, BINDING BLOOD OATH FOR THE COMMUNITY - TABITHA GACHAMBI WA MAINA
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A member of Kenya’s greatest generation, Tabitha Gachambi wa Maina from Murang'a has seen it all. She has seen a colonised country, and then a country ravaged by the war for independence, followed by a country that is ruling itself and has seen six decades of independent Kenya. Like all the veterans from the Mau Mau era, her reminisces are rich in contextual insights and unparalleled wisdom as ...
KENYATTA MADE SEVEN ATTEMPTS TO KILL ME BUT I SURVIVED - BILDAD KAGGIA
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The following documentary is a commentary on Bildad Kagia's views, presented from Kagia's own perspective. Made over over 20 years ago, this rarely-seen documentary, which is in Kiswahili, is very critical of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, and shows clearly that there was no love lost between them. To start with, the two were without doubt heroes of Kenya's liberation struggle. When the colonial governmen...
LIFE IN THE RIFT VALLY DURING THE MAU MAU WAR - ISABEL MBUGUA MATHERI
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LIFE IN THE RIFT VALLY DURING THE MAU MAU WAR - ISABEL MBUGUA MATHERI
LET'S REVEAL THE SECRETS OF THE OATH TO OUR CHILDREN - KIMATHI'S BODY GUARD NDERITU WA MUKUNDI
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LET'S REVEAL THE SECRETS OF THE OATH TO OUR CHILDREN - KIMATHI'S BODY GUARD NDERITU WA MUKUNDI
THE INTERVIEW WITH THE LATE GEN. MAKIMEI THAT ENDED ABRUPTLY
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THE INTERVIEW WITH THE LATE GEN. MAKIMEI THAT ENDED ABRUPTLY
WOMEN MAU MAU SUPPORTERS WERE FORCED TO SIT ON HOT IRON SHEETS - WANJA KAMAU
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WOMEN MAU MAU SUPPORTERS WERE FORCED TO SIT ON HOT IRON SHEETS - WANJA KAMAU
I USED TO STEAL POLICE UNIFORMS AND BULLETS AND TAKE THEM TO MAU MAU - CYPRIANO MUTIGA M'WARITHO
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I USED TO STEAL POLICE UNIFORMS AND BULLETS AND TAKE THEM TO MAU MAU - CYPRIANO MUTIGA M'WARITHO
HOW JOMO KENYATTA ACQUIRED LAND IN GATUNDU - FORMER MOI-ERA DETAINEE AND ACTIVIST KAMONYE MANJE
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HOW JOMO KENYATTA ACQUIRED LAND IN GATUNDU - FORMER MOI-ERA DETAINEE AND ACTIVIST KAMONYE MANJE
MAU MAU CHRONICLES HITS A DOZEN THOUSAND FOLLOWERS!
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MAU MAU CHRONICLES HITS A DOZEN THOUSAND FOLLOWERS!
THE STORY OF MAU MAU GUN MAKER - JAMES THEURI NDONGA
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THE STORY OF MAU MAU GUN MAKER - JAMES THEURI NDONGA
THE STORY OF NDUHIU WANG'OMBE KIERU, DEDAN KIMATHI'S NEPHEW WHO WAS MAU MAU LINK TO CHIEF MUHOYA
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THE STORY OF NDUHIU WANG'OMBE KIERU, DEDAN KIMATHI'S NEPHEW WHO WAS MAU MAU LINK TO CHIEF MUHOYA
I AM NOT SURE CURRENT GENERATION CAN FIGHT LIKE WE DID - - MAU MAU VETERAN ELIZABETH KIRIGO KANYI
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I AM NOT SURE CURRENT GENERATION CAN FIGHT LIKE WE DID - - MAU MAU VETERAN ELIZABETH KIRIGO KANYI
DURING WAR, BEAUTY CAN BE A BURDEN - MAU MAU VETERAN GRACE NJOKI KA-NGUNIU'S FULL INTERVIEW
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DURING WAR, BEAUTY CAN BE A BURDEN - MAU MAU VETERAN GRACE NJOKI KA-NGUNIU'S FULL INTERVIEW
THE UNGAZETTED MONUMENT - THE STORY OF KIBURI HOUSE
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THE UNGAZETTED MONUMENT - THE STORY OF KIBURI HOUSE
PAN-AFRICANISM BOOSTED AFRICAN NATIONALISM - PART II OF PROF.MACHARIA MUNENE'S INTERVIEW
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PAN-AFRICANISM BOOSTED AFRICAN NATIONALISM - PART II OF PROF.MACHARIA MUNENE'S INTERVIEW
THE STORY OF THE LADY WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF MAU MAU WOMEN CORP - WANJIRU WA GATHII AKA "KABITI"
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THE STORY OF THE LADY WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF MAU MAU WOMEN CORP - WANJIRU WA GATHII AKA "KABITI"
ORIGIN AND MEANING OF “MAU MAU” - A DOCUMENTARY
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ORIGIN AND MEANING OF “MAU MAU” - A DOCUMENTARY
MY FATHER CRIED WHEN I TOLD HIM I HAD JOINED MAU MAU - ONESMUS JOHN NDWIGA
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MY FATHER CRIED WHEN I TOLD HIM I HAD JOINED MAU MAU - ONESMUS JOHN NDWIGA
PAUL NGEI WAS SUPPOSED TO KILL CAREY FRANCIS WITH A SPEAR - DR DAVID MAINA KAGOMBE
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PAUL NGEI WAS SUPPOSED TO KILL CAREY FRANCIS WITH A SPEAR - DR DAVID MAINA KAGOMBE
HOW TWO BEAUTIES WERE USED TO LURE A KILLER HOME GUARD - FULL INTERVIEW WITH NG'ANG'A WA MIRURU
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HOW TWO BEAUTIES WERE USED TO LURE A KILLER HOME GUARD - FULL INTERVIEW WITH NG'ANG'A WA MIRURU
MAU MAU INFLUENCE ON AFRICAN LIBERATION WARS
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MAU MAU INFLUENCE ON AFRICAN LIBERATION WARS

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @florencekimotho887
    @florencekimotho887 День тому

    Woooi guka witu ma nimwariire mathiina maongi ma. Wooi nginya thaa cia guthikana ma gutiari.. Woooi sory mumo ma guka witu 😭Ndaigua guita maithori! Ngui kamatimu na iria ingi cioire thirikari cituire ihithite maundu maingi muno. No reke njuge, ma yothe ni irahithuka na guuka utheriini ona ciana cianyu nicira cokwo ni roho o ucio wa MAU MAU. Roho ndukuuaga. Ngai e mbere

  • @florencekimotho887
    @florencekimotho887 День тому

    Ona akorwo muri athomu haha hena ukigu! Murathekia ki guka agitariria na akiina na akiaria cia muoyo na gikuo? Nita wetereire uri theka ri. Kwenda kabisa! Wrong interviewer

  • @wanjiruwambui1
    @wanjiruwambui1 День тому

    😂😂😂😂lol lovely woman. I appreciate this work

  • @maumauchronicles4296
    @maumauchronicles4296 День тому

    INTERVIEW WITH THE WIFE OF GEN. STANLEY MATHENGE - ua-cam.com/video/nQqmbzvQR4c/v-deo.htmlsi=pB1avL7ZF8JWG20T

  • @florencekimotho887
    @florencekimotho887 День тому

    Ino ni njamba ya ita. Ndingienda kumuona agithoitha na rwa njora 😮

  • @anastasiamainaministries2700

    Can you bring her more than ten times oh,we need this wisdom 🎉

  • @anastasiamainaministries2700

    Mbiyu niekaga uru muno ma😂im loving her like she my own❤

  • @anastasiamainaministries2700

    The memory is top notch may God bless me with it in my retiring age

  • @lucykimani8882
    @lucykimani8882 2 дні тому

    You are hello mama,huroka uhoro Mami witu O

  • @florencekimotho887
    @florencekimotho887 2 дні тому

    Niwega muno muno maitu. No Twa hotanire. Ngai murihani ndari aariganiruo

  • @tayebwasamuel1990
    @tayebwasamuel1990 3 дні тому

    Her memory is better than mine and iam just 33yrs old!! Welldone grandma

  • @vbmokaya
    @vbmokaya 3 дні тому

    May the gods of our freedom fighters be with you for sharing these stories ❤ May we have even a hint of their courage.

  • @lucyngeshi9817
    @lucyngeshi9817 3 дні тому

    Im filled with goosebumps,those stories are exactly as my grandma would narrate,my dad is now 70 and he was the last born so his elder brothers together with my grandfather were in the forest,,,,rwathia my home really suffered during this colonial error,my dad attended mihuti primary, whenever i visit this place im saddened by the lack of development in this area,,,it has the most beautiful landscapes but still there are areas with no electricity 🥺

  • @SierraKiringi-xi3vp
    @SierraKiringi-xi3vp 3 дні тому

    Please please interview this man to provide more details about Nahashon lsaac Njenga Njoroge PLEASE.

  • @williammukurwe5807
    @williammukurwe5807 3 дні тому

    Thank you very much for this chronology...homage to all Mau Mau warriors

  • @cme1713
    @cme1713 4 дні тому

    If Kenyans can DECOLONIZE the MAU MAU (Haitians) of the Americas Kenyans will be ICONS Forevermore.

  • @florencekimotho887
    @florencekimotho887 4 дні тому

    This whole movement was matters of life and death! Sometimes they can discern how some do not seem to relate well with the seriousness and solemness of the hellish ordeal. 😢 If you look at the introduction of Lucy Mukamis niece who read her eulogy during her burial you will see how losely a govt official says "sasa tuko msituni" "sasa tuna kula kiapo" Its obvious they are the offspring ones a Kikuyu song refers to as "ngui kamatimu"!!!!!!!

  • @stekariuki4241
    @stekariuki4241 4 дні тому

    And this government is playing with women like ngina Kenyatta .. that’s very cruel

  • @tedgikonyo
    @tedgikonyo 4 дні тому

    Can we all respond to this story on how we can help in appreciation to the sacrifice of this old veterans of our freedom.. Can govnt create a fund where we can contribute for their upkeep... To say thank you for their love of country and selflessness...on our behalf.

  • @user-ub9ne1xq5y
    @user-ub9ne1xq5y 4 дні тому

    the story and body language does not look reliable to me.

  • @wanjikueurope151
    @wanjikueurope151 4 дні тому

    Ngai witu akurathime Maitu witu na umeere o ringi "wiathi uyu mutige guthaaka naguo tondu nima niwaruirwo ni njamba".

  • @albertmunyui4278
    @albertmunyui4278 4 дні тому

    Great Woman.

  • @aggieallan6517
    @aggieallan6517 4 дні тому

    wow she has a beautiful memory.. this was good

  • @kamauwawachira2907
    @kamauwawachira2907 4 дні тому

    Thank you for letting us learn our true history from this golden generation. When we learn our history then we are able to erase the enemy's mystery.

  • @tedgikonyo
    @tedgikonyo 4 дні тому

    I wish to kindly request that the person Hosting.....doing the interview be patient enough and give time for the guest to finish his or her full answer to a question... because I have watched a number of this interviews...and the host keeps interrupting the answers midway while we are left with half answers... Please...allow answer time for complete sentence and sequence before moving to a next question.....we loose important parts of the story and thread... Which may be lost for ever since this may not be redone... We also wish to say a big thank you...to You and team for the great work you do and we appreciate this rich history of our heroes unknown... We also send our love and appreciation to the heroes of our beloved country in their sacrifice for all of us....pls also attach a number to reach each hero..heroine'...so that we can send tokens of our appreciation. Be blessed... Asanteni sana..

  • @florencekimotho887
    @florencekimotho887 5 днів тому

    Am sorry u are out of touch with reality. Get lost!!!!!!

  • @brandlordmomanyi6551
    @brandlordmomanyi6551 5 днів тому

    The Only Person Who Can Save Kenya Is The One Who Was In The Struggle...who Knew the Pain!

  • @gatituchege6807
    @gatituchege6807 5 днів тому

    Gachagua akuje hapa atuambie mbona ha tu skii jina lake liki tajwa, Samweli Wa Elikana kuja uskie maneno ya chief Nderi

  • @jmmathenge1085
    @jmmathenge1085 5 днів тому

    Kamande wa kioi

  • @florencekimotho887
    @florencekimotho887 6 днів тому

    Is there an individual account to send our hero something small? I think We will wait forever for the government to nurture its heroes. We need this info soon while they are still with us🙏

  • @florencekimotho887
    @florencekimotho887 6 днів тому

    Andu aya mahana manungaga o kuuraga. Njamba nduru ota firifiri

  • @bkncm2011
    @bkncm2011 6 днів тому

    Musa was given the name Mwariama(a truth sayer)by Dedan Kimathi after Musa promised Kimathi he will go find kill & bring back the head(as evidence)of a notorious white man which he accomplished.

  • @sammychomba7003
    @sammychomba7003 6 днів тому

    This is a blessing in our community. We need to document our real history. So that one day we rewrite our history.

  • @africanson7349
    @africanson7349 6 днів тому

    It is very poorly done because we are in neocolonialism

  • @Engineer_Joe
    @Engineer_Joe 6 днів тому

    The more I listen to these sad mau mau stories, the more I hate Kenyatta...he betrayed his own community!!!

  • @user-gv7kh8rm2t
    @user-gv7kh8rm2t 7 днів тому

    Visit Dedan Kimathi ward again..kudos for coverage ya most of our wazee from huku kwetu kwa Senior chief Muhoya

  • @annthuo7264
    @annthuo7264 7 днів тому

    May God bless all the Mau Mau fighters

  • @jamesmwaniki7371
    @jamesmwaniki7371 7 днів тому

    Imaramari ni iriku?

  • @kahuhowanjoki7227
    @kahuhowanjoki7227 7 днів тому

    Mūka akauga nīwe, mūrūwe akauga tiwe.Rīu rī, nīwe kana tiwe?

  • @JP-zy7xb
    @JP-zy7xb 7 днів тому

    Jah bless the professor ,my bestest channel,

  • @simonmikekapirate2527
    @simonmikekapirate2527 7 днів тому

    Nice one

  • @waichoyagichuki4711
    @waichoyagichuki4711 8 днів тому

    Wamúmú aka approved school na bado iko.

  • @waichoyagichuki4711
    @waichoyagichuki4711 8 днів тому

    Kairúthí not kairuhí

  • @janekamiri911
    @janekamiri911 8 днів тому

    Surely, these generals deserve to be honored by Kenya Government especially those who are still live. We are blessed to have them,they were honest and true fighters for our freedom. They deserve a better life.

  • @kuriakushwalker5516
    @kuriakushwalker5516 8 днів тому

    Every episode is unique I keep coming for more.. Hari rwimbo uthakaga hau thini - ''kungu wi thiri waandu airu''- where can get it?

  • @user-jz2fv1qv7j
    @user-jz2fv1qv7j 8 днів тому

    When He maketh inquisition for blood, He remembers them: He forgets not the cry of the hmble. Ps 9:12

  • @florencekimotho887
    @florencekimotho887 8 днів тому

    Congrats for your abilities to get these truth bearers of our indomitable freedom movement! Britain owes trillions to each of our fighters😭

  • @ianjoseph5325
    @ianjoseph5325 8 днів тому

    Wish to meet her,

  • @user-jz2fv1qv7j
    @user-jz2fv1qv7j 8 днів тому

    Shujaa James Mutie from Masii, Machakos county, was a soldier with kimathi

    • @maumauchronicles4296
      @maumauchronicles4296 8 днів тому

      Would love to interview him! Please a contact using the email <themaumauchronicles@gmail.com>

  • @fluidman777
    @fluidman777 8 днів тому

    Mutumia wa goro..ruthiomi kwagira Tiga!