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Mau Mau Leader Slain
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 3 — The terrorist "field marshal" Olekisio, second in command of the Mau Mau, has been killed in the Narok area, 70 miles west of Nairobi. It was announced tonight. A police spokesman said his death was a "major success for the Security forces." Olekisio was shot dead in an ambush laid by men of the Black Watch, who had received information that he would be attending a meeting. He walked unsuspectingly along a track into the ambush and refused to halt when challenged. Instead, he fired at the ambush party. The police say that Olekisio was the "leader, organizer and inspirer of all Mau Mau activities in the Rottai division of the Masai land." He was half Meru and half Masai.
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Mau Mau rebellion
On 18 January 1955, the Governor-General of Kenya, Evelyn Baring, offered an amnesty to Mau Mau activists. The offer was that they would not face prosecution for previous offences, but might still be detained. On 10 June 1955 with no response forthcoming, the offer of amnesty to the Mau Mau was revoked.
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The Capture of Kimathi was the arrest of noted Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi during the Mau Mau Uprising in October 1956. Kimathi was subsequently sentenced to death and hanged on 18 February 1957 at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison. His death has come to be regarded as the end of the forest war in the Uprising.
Wikipedia →Hola massacre
On 3 March 1959, the camp commandant put his plan into action — as a result of which 11 detainees were clubbed to death by guards, and all 77 surviving detainees sustained serious permanent injuries. Attempts were then made to find a solution to maintaining British interests in Africa without the use of force, indirectly leading to a hastening of independence across British colonies in Africa.
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