Kenya lifts ban on Mau Mau movement

[dArKeR]

Kenya's government has lifted a ban on the Mau Mau movement which spearheaded an uprising against British colonialists in Kenya in the 1950s, a minister said on Sunday.

Security Minister Chris Murungaru said he had scrapped the colonial-era legislation which outlawed the Mau Mau and branded them "terrorists" after accusing them of conducting secret rituals to kill white settlers and their African supporters.

"I have gazetted the lifting of the ban of Mau Mau as an organisation, in effect recognising Mau Mau as freedom fighters and not terrorists," Murungaru told reporters.

'Mau Mau had tremendous contribution to the liberation of this country'
The Mau Mau uprising pushed the East African country towards black rule and independence in 1963. They have long complained their role had not been appropriately recognised and accuse post-independence governments of neglecting them.

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[rfranklin]

1. Interesting since, Jomo Kenyatta was supposedly a mau-mau

and first president of Kenya after the British left in 1964.

I spent a few days on Mount Kenya with former mau-mau. They hid out on the slopes during the fight against the British and survivied on monkey meat and such. They were good guys.