Assassination of Waruhiu

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Assassination of Waruhiu
Part of Mau Mau Uprising
Date7 October 1952
Location
Gachie, Kenya
Result Declaration of State of Emergency
Belligerents

United Kingdom British Empire

  • Kenya
 Mau Mau
Commanders and leaders
Unknown John Mbiu Koinange
Strength
Unknown 3
Casualties and losses
1 killed Unknown

The Assassination of Waruhiu was the murder of Kenyan Chief Waruhiu by the Mau Maus on 7 October 1952.[1] The Chief was a supporter of the Colonial British presence in Kenya and had been awarded the MBE.[2] At Gachie, a location seven miles outside Nairobi, he was ambushed: shot in his car by three gunmen.[2] A few days before his death Chief Waruhiu had condemned Mau Mau. [2] At his funeral, Governor Evelyn Baring called him "a great man, a great African and a great citizen of Kenya, who met his death in the service of his own people and his Government."[3] His death helped contribute to the declaration of a state of emergency in Kenya two weeks later.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ "TERRORISTS SEIZED AT INITIATION CEREMONY". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 11 October 1952. p. 25. Retrieved 30 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b c Henderson, Ian (1958). 'Man-hunt in Kenya. New York: Doubleday. p. 11.
  3. ^ "40 MAU MAU INITIATES TAKEN IN RAID BY KENYA POLICE". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas. 11 October 1952. p. 21. Retrieved 30 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Mau Mau Activities and the Unrest in Kenya" by Malcolm Davies The Antioch Review Vol. 13, No. 2 (Summer, 1953), pp. 221–233
  5. ^ "The Bloody Mau Mau Revolt" by Marguerite Michaels Time Monday, 31 March 2003; accessed 30 November 2013
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