A statue of late freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The Kenyan judiciary has received records of the trial of Mau Mau liberation war hero Dedan Kimathi.
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga said the United Kingdom has sent certified copies of the original file contains proceedings of the late freedom fighter’s trial and subsequent appeal against the death sentence imposed against him.
“Senior officers from the Judiciary recovered the file from the Senate House Library of the University of London last week. It ended up in the library as a donation from a private collection of the late Ralph Millner, the lawyer who represented Kimathi,” Dr Mutunga said in a statement.
The late Kimathi was charged before a colonial court in Nyeri with being in unlawful possession of a firearm, contrary to Regulation 8A (1) of the Emergency Regulations, 1952.
He faced a second count of unlawful possession of ammunition. He was sentenced to death for the first count and seven years imprisonment with hard labour for the second.
The file was handed over to the Chief of Staff in the CJ’s office Duncan Okello by the UK’s Administrator of Special Collections at the Senate House Library, Mr Charles Harrowell.
Dr Mutunga said the file will be among rare exhibits that will be kept at the new Judicial Museum of Kenya, which will open soon at the Supreme Court Building.
The Museum will feature information and collections covering key events in the evolution of the Kenyan Judiciary from the traditional African justice systems, the colonial era and post-independence judicial systems as well as the present day judiciary, said the CJ.
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga said the United Kingdom has sent certified copies of the original file contains proceedings of the late freedom fighter’s trial and subsequent appeal against the death sentence imposed against him.
“Senior officers from the Judiciary recovered the file from the Senate House Library of the University of London last week. It ended up in the library as a donation from a private collection of the late Ralph Millner, the lawyer who represented Kimathi,” Dr Mutunga said in a statement.
The late Kimathi was charged before a colonial court in Nyeri with being in unlawful possession of a firearm, contrary to Regulation 8A (1) of the Emergency Regulations, 1952.
He faced a second count of unlawful possession of ammunition. He was sentenced to death for the first count and seven years imprisonment with hard labour for the second.
The file was handed over to the Chief of Staff in the CJ’s office Duncan Okello by the UK’s Administrator of Special Collections at the Senate House Library, Mr Charles Harrowell.
Dr Mutunga said the file will be among rare exhibits that will be kept at the new Judicial Museum of Kenya, which will open soon at the Supreme Court Building.
The Museum will feature information and collections covering key events in the evolution of the Kenyan Judiciary from the traditional African justice systems, the colonial era and post-independence judicial systems as well as the present day judiciary, said the CJ.
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