Mukami Kimathi, wife of the late Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, has passed away at the age of 96.
When her husband disappeared into the forest to lead an armed resistance against the British colonialists, she was detained and tortured in a bid to force her to reveal his whereabouts. On release, like so many others at the forefront of the struggle for independence, she led an impoverished and largely anonymous existence.
