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Wanjugu Kimathi, the last-born daughter of the late Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi was on Monday arrested and detained in Laikipia County.
Wanjugu spent the night at Rumuruti police station following her arrest at Thome area, where she had gone to inspect a parcel of land The Dedan Kimathi Foundation is planning to buy for Mau Mau veterans.
Wanjugu’s daughter, Mukami Kimathi said police did not give reasons for her mother’s arrest.
"We just saw a contingent of police officers who demanded that she gets into their vehicle. Up to now, she is still being locked up at the station," she told Standard Digital.
Wanjugu, who is the founder of the foundation, confirmed her arrest through her Facebook page on Monday night.
"True to their word, I have been arrested. Now locked up at Rumuruti police station. Tell my mother that if by tomorrow I will not be alive, I have been killed at Rumuruti," she wrote.
The foundation has been pushing for the resettlement of Mau Mau veterans who have lived as squatters for over 60 years. It plans to purchase a 12,000-acre piece of land in Thome for their resettlement.
Wanjugu has in the past accused a group of politicians of opposing her initiative. Rumuruti sub-county police commander Kotobu Molu could not be reached for comment on Wanjugu’s arrest.
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Yes, yes and yes!
Kabla ya Waingereza kuja Kenya, kila mtu alikuwa ma shamba lake. Imekuwaje baada ya Waingereza kukaa Kenya na baadaye kuondoka, sasa kuna watu wengine ambao hawana mashamba? Mashamba yao yalinyakuliwa na nani walipokuwa msituni wakipigania uhuru wa Kenya?
Kila mtu aliyepigania uhuru ni lazima apewe shamba lake na serikali. Sioni sababu ya mtu mmoja kuwa na mashamba mengi makubwa karibu kila mahali nchini na huku waliopigania uhuru hawana hata mahali pa kupanda kitunguu hata kimoja?
Mwingereza si rangi tu: Ni vitendo pia. Inaonekana kuna Waingereza-Wakenya wengi sana katika nchi yetu!
Mwingereza-Mkenya ni nani? NI MTU AMBAYE:
1. Ana majina ya kigeni
2. Anasema lugha ya Kiingereza nyumbani pamoja na familia yake na mahali popote alipo pamoja na rafiki zake. Anaona haya kusema lugha yake asili au kuwafundisha watoto wake kusema lugha ya mababu zake!
3. Anaamini na kuabudu "miungu -gods" ya kigeni iliyoletwa na wakoloni na pia Waarabu.
4. Anaamimi kila kitu cha Waingereza na WanaYuropa wengine kama ndicho kinachofaa kwa maisha yake yote.
5. Anafuata mila za Waingereza na WanaYuropa wengine, kama kusherehekea siku ya kuzaliwa na pia sikukuu za "miungu" ya kigeni.
6. Anachukia nywele zake na pia rangi ya ngozi ya kiafrika. Kwa hiyo, anavaa nywele za bandia zinazofanana na waliotutawala. Isitoshe anatumia kemikali kubadilisha rangi ya ngozi yake ili ifanane na watu waliotutawala.
7. Haheshimu kitu chochote cha Mwafrika hata madawa asili mazuri yanayoweza kuponya magonjwa ya Kiafrika.
8. Anajivunia historia yote ya kigeni na hadhamini kitu chochote cha mababu zake au cha siku za jadi.
Ni muhimu kusherehekea na kuwakumbuka wote waliopigania uhuru wa Kenya na kuishi maisha magumu sana msituni ili tupate uhuru kila siku. Siyo, siku moja tu kwa mwaka!
Ningependa kujua, jameni, iimekuwaje kuna watu waliopigania uhuru wa Kenya na mpaka sasa hawajapewa mashamba na serikali.
Kama nilivyosema hapo mwanzoni, kabla wezi wa mashamba (Waingereza) hawajafika Kenya, kila mtu alikuwa lake au shamba la familia yake.
Seriously??
Something is wrong with the government of Kenya...but...
It started with MZEE KENYATTA, he was more focused in killing his political rivals and neglected the freedom fighters.
How did the KENYATTA family end up with all the land they own today? WARIIMBA.
MOI came in and it was the same story.
KIBAKI got in power but was more focused on what Moi had messed up.
UHURU is in power, but with no sense of direction. Just like his father, he's only goal is to drain the Kenyan coffers.
Now kimathi's daughter is trying to help those who fought alongside her father and the powerful are against it.
How can you be a squatter in your own country.
Kenyans don't like to have issues with the powerful, but they have been taken advantage of.
It time we said enough is enough.
In Nyeri CBD area most of the land is owned by Asians (Indians) most of laikipia large chunks of land is owned by Europeans on a 999 lease which is 999 till eternity . the rest of most of Kenya land owners i dont have to spell their names! Why do you think KIMATHI was murdered and who called the shots? i don't think the britishers were interested so much in Kimathi they knew they would have set Kenya free . It is shameful Kimathi's daughter who is not stealing the land is now a criminal . shame our government damn you all that think Kenya belongs to only a few . French revolution was for less than this if we can unite but we chicken including me we need courage just like black lives matter demonstrators .
Kungu karumba, JM they died because of soil. we shall overcome it is a matter of time . mwizi anapewa siku arobaini itafika - take heart and our Amin will come too
imara daima you have put it there loud and clear. Usife moyo kuna waafrika wengi wana fikira kama zako ni vile tu hatupewi nafasi ya kujieleza lakini siku itakuja ambapo kila watu watafuata mila na desturi zao na kukataa kuwa vibaraka wa wageni.
Asante sana Ndugu RAS menelik. Umenitia moyo kwa maandishi yako yenye elimu, hekima, na maarifa mengi.
Kenya and all other black nations land is being reset to its rightful owners, not by the power of the colonizers and those who side with them but by the world events that are currently taking place that no man has control over.
For those colonial thinkers, take a seat and enjoy the ride.
It is time for Revelation and Restoration.
As for Wanjugu Kimathi, all our honor and respect goes to you and your family, our heroes. We will never forget our history. Be patient, this time God is on black man's side. We are all waiting and watching. We are about to overcome!!
Nimestuka sana mambo hii! I thought this was fake news and had to look it up myself. These people dont know they are playing with fire. If anything happens to that mama, Rumuruti police branch will be in ashes and a fatwa against all cop killer staff issued. Mark my words.
On a side note, Imara Daima wewe umenena sana, but am afraid your words may be lost, yet they apply to many negroes and batoto abroad.There is a movement that recognizes this intrinsic "white-washing" and its labeled "White Savior" mentality. So I took the liberty to loosely translate these 8 tenets in the interest of public service. Feel free to correct. I put my adlib in parenthesis.
Listen Up - Being a kenyan white worshipper isnt necessarily race based mentality. Here are 8 signs you may have a white savior complex.
1. You strictly use white sounding names for you and kin (Some go as far as changing names to sound white in hopes of fitting in,yet 300yrs of wazungu in Africa havent changed THEIR names)
2. Always speaks english/euro dialects with others. Hates teaching own kids national or even native ancestral/tribal speak (Others use fake foreign accents and styles to ape what they perceive as superior)
3. Readily worship foreign God(s) brought/forced onto Africa in last few centuries - both white saviors and arabic islamic religions (self-explanatory. This is especially shocking when you consider BOTH these foreign religions profess and encourage slavery. These fools dont realize they are the slaves being referenced and simply ignore their own ancestors holocaust)
4.You relate your lifes experiences to what the mainstream (white) media and its audiences are experiencing. (These are the brainwashed africans who identify as europeans and expect love in the white rapist Valentinos honor on Feb)
5. Your life revolves around foreign cultural events and is marked by their religious milestones that you blindly commemorate while being clueless of your own.(The whites celebrate their gods birth (oxymoronic as it sounds) that gave them ability to dominate/deceive the world and you participate in those rituals irrespective of their now being factionally questionable)
6.You despise kinky/natural hair styles and look down upon dark/darker shaded Africans, while some go to great lengths to bleach/lighten their skin and wear fake straight-hair weaves/wigs due to self hate.
7. You deride all things african even proven traditional medicinal remedies or home grown solutions to problems and seek NGO/foreign "intervention" for validation.
8. You memorize foreign history and eurocentric events by heart as if they are sole bearers of truth while simultaneously being in denial of alternate/afrocentric viewpoints. (These people profess with the white saviors tide. Bazungu say its immoral to not pray to a god, and breed outside wedlock, they go about persecuting non-believing Africans calling them infidels etc. Mzungu then changes HIS mind and says 2 men can marry. Now they say since Mzungu has said it, then it has to be correct. They then go about rallying NGOs and bullying nations to change laws to suit THEIR vision of reality).
Please stop and think hard if any of the above apply to you and the harm you are doing to the future, following (hostile)foreigners drumbeat. It will take so much longer for the next generation to undo your "miseducation" and to "undevelop" their lifestyles.
But coming back to the Dedan saga,I challenge all you men sitting on your couches while a woman/victim has to fight the fight. We need to arise and show solidarity. I can assure you risasi zangu ziko tayari. Laleni tu. Mtasikia, mtagundua real africans who are wide woke bado wako.
@Mjuaji: Hongera sana kwa tafsiri yako. Wewe ni bingwa wa lugha ya Kiswahili na pia Kiingereza.
The true land rights fighters for Kikuyu lands are still fighting, while traitors, homeboys and house niggas tell us they are leaders