we understand that blood was shed and a resistance put up. but the resistance was quashed and it was not fruitful. and thus the statement..."tulipigania uhuru" is correct but incomplete. "tulipigania uhuru, tukashindwa baadaye wakatupatia uhuru" is now correct and complete.

More to the point!

Just like Slavery and slave trade was frowned upon in the west earlier, and abolished by the same west, colonisation was the next evil that the west had chosen to rid themselves of.

Suppose we didnt engage in armed struggle (Mau mau-ism), would we have gotten independence?

I think so, in fact it would probably have come earlier than it eventualy did.

Mau mau struggle was not necessary, period.

All we needed to do was engage the British in an organised civil campaign devoid of barbarism.


There was no Mau mau equivalent in TZ nor UG but they got their uhuru before us.

Was Kenya going the way of Ug and Tz or was it going the way of Zimbabwe where settlers declared independence in 1965? I find similarities with Zim than with our EA neighbours. Both settler grps were vichwa ngumu. Mau mau did not win the war just like the 80s and 90s second liberation failure to remove Moi.

For effective effort deployment one needs to analyse their situation correctly then direct their energies towards a path that brings the desired results - in the most cost effective way.

Our situation was that we were directly under the Queen in England, as represented here by the Governor.

It is the Queen's hand that we wanted off our back.

Hence the person to negotiate/fight - (in Mau mau case) with, was the Queen or her appointed representative.

Opting to engage in armed conflict with the Queen's Govt was a huge mistake given their warfare might.


If we had negotiated with UK and convinced them that we needed and were ready to run our affairs (as patronising as it sounds), and they agreed and pulled out, then some nondiscript settlers attempted to ride rough shod on us, you can be sure they wouldnt have got anywhere without the support of the UK govt.

Masukuma, it appears we were given. The dominos were already falling. It was just a matter of time before the kenyan one was arrived at. But lets be kind to the veterans. They sincerely believe they fought for it. This news will break their hearts.