Monday 1 June is Madaraka Day, when Kenyans mark the anniversary of self-gov& #39;t.

Here& #39;s a Reuters clip of Kenyatta with Mau Mau Gen. Mwariama, 2 weeks before independence. Kenyatta was deeply worried about the challenge that he & other Mau Mau & #39;hard core& #39; posed to his gov& #39;t. 1/4
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In the early 1960s Mau Mau had set up a provisional gov& #39;t in parts of central Kenya, challenging colonial officials& #39; control.

Kenyatta--keen to centralise power--offered an amnesty to Mau Mau. Here he is with & #39;General China& #39; and other Mau Mau leaders, discussing the amnesty.
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Mau Mau partisans were obliged to come down from the mountains and hand in their weapons to Kenyatta& #39;s gov& #39;t.

Here is a remarkable clip from Feb. 1964 showing Bildad Kaggia--formerly a Mau Mau partisan, the most progressive member of cabinet--inspecting Mau Mau weapons.
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Mau Mau partisans who tried to retain their own power base were eliminated.

General Mwariama, for instance, was by March 1964 in prison. As this @guardian clip shows, he refused to acknowledge the authority of the Kenya police over his followers.
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