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Controversial chiefs in colonial Kenya : the untold story of Senior Chief Waruhiu Wa Kung'u, 1890-1952

Title: Controversial chiefs in colonial Kenya : the untold story of Senior Chief Waruhiu Wa Kung'u, 1890-1952 / Evanson N. Wamagatta.
Author: Wamagatta, Evanson N.
Publication: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2016]

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Description

xiv, 189 pages : illustrations, portrait, map; 24 cm

Summary

Controversial Chiefs in Colonial Kenya presents the untold story of Senior Chief Waruhiu wa Kung'u, one of colonial Kenya's most controversial chiefs. Throughout his thirty years of service to the colonial government, he was considered loyal, obedient, dependable, responsible, efficient, and a tower of strength. However, his name has gone down in history as that of a traitor who was assassinated because he sold his country to the British colonizers. Senior Chief Waruhiu's violent death dealt his reputation a devastating blow. Although Waruhiu believed that the Africans were not yet ready for self-government-and that they could not attain it through violence -this did not make him a traitor. However, this explains why he was considered a very pro-government and pro-European chief who was opposed to the aspirations of his people and why it was thought that he, as a result, deserved to be killed. Though it is believed that Waruhiu was killed by the Mau Mau, there is no evidence to support that claim. The prosecution was not interested in proving that the accused were members of the Mau Mau or that the murder was carried out by the Mau Man. Since the white settler community gamed a lot from Waruhiu's murder, it is very likely that some of its leaders, working together with some government officials, were behind his murder. That is why the mystery of who killed Waruhiu remains unsolved and the perpetrators of his murder may never be known.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index.

Contents

Early colonial chiefs in Kiambu district, 1902-1922 -- Waruhiu's early life, 1890-1916 -- Quest for power, 1917-1922 -- Relationship with the colonizers, 1922-1952 -- Relationship with the colonized, 1922-1952 -- Councilor of Kiambu Local Native Council, 1925-1952 -- Life behind the scenes, 1922-1952 -- Prelude to Waruhiu's murder, 1941-1952 -- Assassination of Senior Chief Waruhiu -- Who killed Waruhiu and why? -- Conclusion.

Call Number

Sc E 21-1418

ISBN

9781498521475
1498521479

LCCN

2016002270

OCLC

935495218

Author

Wamagatta, Evanson N., author.

Title

Controversial chiefs in colonial Kenya : the untold story of Senior Chief Waruhiu Wa Kung'u, 1890-1952 / Evanson N. Wamagatta.

Publisher

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index.

Local Note

AUTH: BIOLA UNIV. REVISED DISSERTATION.

Chronological Term

To 1999

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc E 21-1418

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