As a young man, Mau Mau vetaran Joseph Macharia Mwangi was so swift in all operations that he was known as "Kihithuki," meaning the "one who is surprisingly swift." It didn't matter whether it was an attack on a settler, a raid on a mzungu farm to procure cattle for beef to feed the fighters, or in battle, Kithuki appeared and disappeared like an apparition. In this full interview, he declines to praise himself, but it is clear that he was one hell of a soldier - fearless, fast, tactical. They put a bounty of KShs 6000 on his head at that time, which is the equivalent of Kshs 100 million in today's money. He reveals how he embarked on a journey to Ethiopia, and interesting details about Gen. Stanley Mathenge Mirugi, who disappeared without trace, as well as other Mau Mau leaders. Following his arrest, he was detained in Lamu. He makes an impassioned plea to forget the atrocities committed by colonial homeguards and for Kenyans to unite against common enemies.
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THE FULL STORY OF THE LIGHTENING SWIFT AND MOST WANTED MAU MAU OPERATIVE, GENERAL KIHITHUKI.
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