Nairobi, Oct. 20 -- Miriam Muthoni Mathenge had a month-old baby, Wambui Mathenge when about 20 policemen - under the instruction of the colonial government - stormed her house at Gitugi in Othaya, Nyeri County.

Muthoni was thoroughly beaten up by the officers who were hunting for her husband, General Stanley Mathenge wa Mirugi, a Mau Mau freedom fighter.

In the company of a friend, Muthoni ran into the nearby forest as they fled the atrocities of the colonial government, the baby in her arms.

"As I was escaping, I had my daughter Wambui Mathenge. I remember carrying her on my back as we navigated through the thick Aberdare forest. I had to stop breastfeeding her so that I could get enough energy to soldier on," Muthoni says.

"The str...