Freedom fighter hopes to reunite with lost daughter
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...
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