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Mau Mau veterans, Kimathi family accuse State of betrayal

The public during the 63rd commemoration of freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi at Dedan Kimathi Memorial High school in Nyeri on February 18, 2020. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Nicholas Komu

What you need to know:

  • The veterans were speaking at Dedan Kimathi Memorial High School where the anniversary was marked.

  • The family insists it knows the spot inside Kamiti Maximum Security Prison where Kimathi was buried.

  • The few surviving veterans now feel they did not enjoy the freedom they fought for.

Mau Mau war veterans and the family of freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi have accused the government of betraying them.

They claimed that the government had barred them from burying the body of the freedom fighter.

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