Musa Mwariama

Field Marshal Musa Mwariama (born 1928) is a former leader of the Mau Mau in Meru and the highest ranking Mau Mau who survived the war in the forests and jungles of Central Kenya from its inception to independence without being killed or captured. Together with Dedan Kimathi and Waruhiu Itote (Genera China) they comprised the core Mau Mau leadership.

By the time he left his bases in Mount Kenya and Nyambene Hills on the equator, he had about 2,000 fighters who had survived Operation Anvil in Kenya. He was decorated with the national Order of Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS) after independence. The most famous photograph of him is with President Jomo Kenyatta on attainment of Uhuru (independence) in 1963 and most of the post war Mau Mau video clips show him inspecting a Mau Mau guard of honour or with President Jomo Kenyatta.

Early life

M'Kiribua M'Muchiri alias Musa Mwariama was born in 1928 at Muthara in Tigania division of Meru District.^[1]According to Ameru tradition, his parents who had migrated from Nkuene in South Imenti, gave him the name Baringo. He had an older Brother called Romano Ntabathia though from a different mother. Their father, M'Muchiri was a soothsayer and therefore a strict traditionalist.

References

1. ^ Njagi, David (1993). The last Mau Mau Field Marshals. Ngwataniro Self Help Group. pp. 23. http://books.google.com/books?id=KGwwAQAAIAAJ&q=Musa+Mwariama&dq=Musa+Mwariama&hl=en&ei=HscVTbTRJIOKlweItvHZDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg. Retrieved 2010-12-28. 

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