INTERVIEW WITH THE WIFE OF GEN. STANLEY MATHENGE, MRS MUTHONI MATHENGE (WA KARONDI) 

Gen. Stanley Mathenge Mirugi was one the top military leaders of the Mau Mau, the Kenya Land Freedom Army. In this riveting interview with Prof Macharia Munene, his wife tells how Mathenge was personally recruited by Jomo Kenyatta, Mbiyu Koinange and Bildad Kaggia to lead the fighters, which collaborates a claim we have heard so many times from the veterans we have interviewed. Mrs Mathenge was a freedom fighter in her own right and she narrates her experience with candour, humour and detail. Her interview also reveals important details about Kikuyu culture. She also talks of the Ethiopian man who was once brought into the country and presented as her husband Mathenge. #maumau #africanhistory #kenya #africanliberation #kenyatta