Of loyalty and betrayal in Mau Mau camps

It took a lot of guts for one to join Mau Mau movement and more so a woman; but for Mama Deborah Wambui Nderitu she dined with Dedan Kimathi and was there when Gen Stanley Mathenge disappeared. She narrates her tale to PETER THATIAH on life in the forefront of the rebellion.

"I first heard about the Mau Mau when the movement was founded in 1950. But it was two years later that I would be formally introduced into the movement. A year later in 1953, while aged 17, I became an active member and moved to the Aberdares Forest with the other fighters.