
The non-violent liberation heroes from Ukambani With the exception of such national figures as Paul Ngei, Muindi Mbingu, Syotune wa Kathukye (Syokimau) and JD Kali, little else is known of freedom fighters from the Kamba community. Paul Ngei was jailed, alongside founding father of the nation Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and four others) for their anti-colonial government activities. But in the most, the resistance of the Kamba to the colonial rule was peaceful. Potrait of Shujaa Syokimau Syokimau led a peaceful demonstration to protest the confiscation of Akamba cattle by the British colonial masters, while Mbingu was arrested for leading another protest to recover land and cattle appropriated by the British around Mua Hills. In 1938, Mbingu led a major protest from Machakos to Nairobi with the intention of handing a petition in regard to seized livestock to the colonial governor. The protestors camped at Kariokor for a month, until the governor’s wife inte...