Nyandarua Governor Kiarie Badilisha has proposed the state to set up a Mau Mau Museum to document struggle for independence.
Speaking on Saturday, Badilisha noted that the county has rich history of the movement which played an important role in the independence of Kenya.
" The remaining families and members of the Mau Mau are requesting you ( Ruto) through the Department of Heritage to set up a museum," he said.
"Some of them even have weapons which they were brutalised with during the colonial period and can be kept at the Museum. The freedom fighters carry bullets from the Mau Mau war in their bags,"," Badilisha added.
He was speaking during the burila of Field Marshall Mukami Kimathi in Nyandarua.
The Governor said already the county government has started to document the events of the Mau Mau.
"The people of Nyandarua have lost an important person. Nyandarua was the epitome of Mau Mau. We had 12 Mau Mau Generals, now we have two left. The Government through the heritage department should develop a museum for them," Badilisha added.
Mau mau is a local movement had started revolting against the British colonial administration, which had ruled the area since 1895.
The movement mainly comprised Kikuyus, Kenya’s largest native tribe, many of whom had been pushed off their fertile lands in central Kenya by the European settlers.
The Mau Mau uprising began in 1952 as a reaction to inequalities and injustices in British-controlled Kenya.
Mukami is the wife of freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi.
She died aged 96 while receiving treatment at a hospital in Nairobi after developing breathing difficulties.
Mukami passed away on Thursday night, May 4, 2023.