Perhaps to reiterate their need for Russian arms, Odinga and Murumbi chose to gift the Russian leader with a panga and a homemade gun used by the Mau Mau. “[Krushchev] was very tickled with this ...

Here are some of the Mau Mau high command who led freedom fighters armed with homemade guns and bore homespun nicknames: His real name was M’Kiribua M’Muchir. He was the only Mau Mau top brass ...