Assassination of Waruhiu

Part of Mau Mau Uprising

Date	7 October 1952
Location	7 miles outside Nairobi, Kenya
Result	Declaration of State of Emergency

Belligerents

United Kingdom

Mau Mau

Commanders and leaders

John Mbiu Koinange

Strength

Casualties and losses

1 dead

Mau Mau Uprising

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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 unwelcomed Colonial British presence in Kenya and was shot in his car; 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."^[2] His death helped lead to the declaration of a State of Emergency in Kenya.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "TERRORISTS SEIZED AT INITIATION CEREMONY.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 – 1954). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 11 October 1952. p. 25. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
↑ "40 MAU MAU INITIATES TAKEN IN RAID BY KENYA POLICE.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 – 1954). Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 11 October 1952. p. 21. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
↑ "Mau Mau Activities and the Unrest in Kenya" by Malcolm Davies The Antioch Review Vol. 13, No. 2 (Summer, 1953), pp. 221–233
↑ "The Bloody Mau Mau Revolt" By Marguerite Michaels Time Monday, Mar. 31, 2003 accessed 30 November 2013

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