Controversial Chiefs in Colonial Kenya: The Untold Story of by Evanson N. Wamagatta

Chief Waruhiu’s violent loss of life dealt his popularity a devastating blow, because it supplied his critics with a foundation to painting him as a traitor who offered out to the colonizers. even supposing Waruhiu believed that the Africans weren't but prepared for self-government—and that they can no longer reach it via violence—that didn't make him a traitor. different chiefs additionally believed that and but weren't categorized as traitors. although, this did bring about him being thought of a really pro-government and pro-European leader who was once against the aspirations of his humans and he, for this reason, deserved to be killed.

Although it truly is believed that Waruhiu was once killed via Mau Mau, there is not any proof to help that declare. The white settler neighborhood won much from Waruhiu’s homicide because it prepared the ground for it to get what it were difficult for a protracted time—a announcement of a kingdom of emergency and the arrest and detention of African leaders. it's very most probably that a few leaders of the white settlers, operating including executive officers, have been most likely at the back of Waruhiu’s homicide. The police, the prosecution, and the court docket appeared decided to make the homicide fees opposed to the accused suspects stick inspite of evident discrepancies and contradictions within the facts opposed to them. exceptionally, the prosecution did not end up past any average doubts that Waweru and Gathuku killed Waruhiu. hence, the secret of who killed Waruhiu and people in the back of his homicide nonetheless is still unresolved and the perpetrators of the homicide might by no means be known.