Scars of Lari

[@BenjaC254]

This are the stories we need to be telling today. The children of today need to know these things happened. Thank you NTV for this. Kindly do more stories of our history, it is of utmost importance.

[@streetvibe3904]

THE DAY KENYA WILL BE SET FREE...THE WORLD WILL KNOW WE ARE THE SUPERPOWER...

[@s.m6963]

That was the process of converting our people to Christianity

[@georgekamau9855]

My Dad died in this war. My Mom, detained but when finally Indipendence came, we, the Children were forgotten.

[@V0yant]

Your parents are heroes

[@kinyungukinyanjui]

We shall revisit

[@peterwairinews3360]

I swear being a Kikuyu is something special and one should be proud of ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@s.m6963]

In the name of Christianity

[@georgeodhiambo598]

Wacha tribal jingoism. There is nothing about being a Kikuyu. Kikuyus who had Mau Mau are the same Kikuyus who brought forth it's vile opposite being the home guards and tukunias who were actually the majority. What's special about being a home guard or a tukunia?

[@peterchege5301]

Kwani nikama unafikiria same.

[@Eroll_Fingal_Groote]

@NTVKenya, thank you for documenting this piece of history forgotten/ignored in time.

[@antony3337]

I can't help but shed tears watching this awesome clip, however this is only the tip of the iceberg. The tales my grandma (May God grant her Eternal Heavenly Peace 🕊️) used to narrate from time to time were just so unimaginable to have done or really occured. So many Mau Mau Freedom fighters and their descendants have nothing, absolutely nothing to show for their sacrifice, the ultimate sacrifice they made. May God Bless them yet I Pray. Thayū. Kudos for you've set a course & a precedence for light will be shed and the Truth will ultimately be unearthed. Kūroagīra 🤲

[@georgekamau9855]

I was about two years, when I watch this clip, I shed tears, don't know how I survived.

[@alexmbugua835]

Fantastic job my father was born and bred in lari There has been a deliberate effort to either omit history totally or to distort the facts about the struggle

[@chroniclesofMumbi]

It should be memorialized as a museum. It’s a shame that 6 decades later, no one talks about this or ever taught in school. This should be a nation museum!!

[@Babazii]

It has never been in the interest of home guards who own Kenya and their colonial masters to preserve our history! To the contrary they've worked hard over the decades to destroy it! We can't let them win again, we must write and preserve this story.

[@dirtykickstv]

Thankyou Ntv for this Story!!!! We have a history,i wish our youths can learn from this!!!!

[@isaackmaina4280]

I wish this message would be painted in the hearts of every kenyan. I wish that for the sake of those who faught for our freedom to be compensated. I wish that our current leaders instead of stealing Trillions of cash should use the funds to unite all Kenyan irrespective of our dimension. I wish that peace should be a common language to all of us. Our hearts still bleed and we praying God to give us a forgiving heart. Long live to all those who channeled their effort for the Triumph of Kenya.

[@MegaLifeHappiness]

Thank you Thank you. I wish there was a foundation through which I could donate towards the preservation of these treasures. My only way of saying thank you to the freedom we enjoy today. Thank you. I am a tribeless proud Kenyan.

[@angelamukirae2254]

Powerful peace of history! My grandfather was part of those that were in Burma... the Kamaru songs were and are very integral when we grew up

[@mkenyaasili4779]

Thankyou for this marvellous effort to preserve the integrity of the Mau Mau. My grandfather remains forever honoured! Lari my home, my identity, my love and pride for the painful sacrifices by my/our forefathers. Kenya is blessed with a long history of brave, selfless and relentless men and women who must never be forgotten!!! Mahoya matheru ma gikuyu thai thathaiya Ngai thai 🙏 with love Kinyenje wa Ng'ang'a. (UK).

[@victorwandeto8873]

To think our fore fathers fought for this way to us to live the way we are living right now. My heart aches

[@GuardianSword]

we should be mourning each day knowing the struggle has never ended. its a sad tale.

[@Ndiritu1]

Priceless content on our history.Bring more of these kinds of stories

[@bwanjiku]

😭our freedom is blood bought... and we dare take it for granted...thank you for recording our history. May we never forget!

[@esthermwangi4215]

Such an insightful documentary. What the British did was disgusting and can never be forgotten.

[@Gatua-t4c]

Growing up my grandmother would narrate these stories and why there was no grandfather. Those stories lives in my head.

[@BG-gt1xy]

kikuyus are truly resilient.

[@barnoukamau8425]

Wow,quite an eye opener. Now I understand the Mau Mau anger against the Kenyattas

[@voskilltheentertainer2564]

Woi i wish every kikuyu should watch this and never let leaders come between us..this video has made me to shed tears

[@bbhappyanyway]

This should be taught in every class in uk. I feel so ashamed to have been born in the uk for what they did to the beautiful people of Africa. Thank you for this education. Much love.❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@benmathenge]

Kenyan curriculum will never teach you this because there is a lot that is hidden from us. I feel there is a need to have a museum documenting all this history, particularly the MAUMAU freedom fighters in order to pass it to future generations.

[@Okwirisam254]

This is a good effort to preserve the history, Thank you Martial Soldiers of MauMau for Liberation our Country and those who died...Rest in Peace.

[@bobm8637]

Kikuyus went through a lot. This documentary is great, we must pass this history to our children and their children.

[@dr.lukemwangi3456]

Very informative hope this videos can be shown in schools books not enough

[@wanjiruciru6237]

I now understand the rebellion against Uhuru Kenyatta in the mountain.

[@chelalkipngetich3536]

that MAU MAU resistance, and hatred towards the collaborators perhaps explains the stereotypes we have on folks from Kiambu and Nyeri, the trauma must have significantly changed the socioeconomics of the group. The MAU MAU vet and the lady gave an almost accurate description and analysis

[@ikengitau]

This makes me so angry. My grandfather was a homeguard. He died alone. No one wanted anything to do with him. He was a traitor. I remember reading from Owaaah seven years ago of how Kapenguria Six tried to stab Kenyatta cause he was considered a traitor. Also there is this sect called Kamau Maithori ( Kamau who causes tears) formed after the traitor Jomo ascended to power. I wanna know more about that

[@jkaris342]

Glad you are open about it

[@loisemungai3152]

So sad..

[@bikokamau1511]

If history is not told we are doomed to repeat it....bcoz there is nothing in the past to restrain us....write it in books tell it to the children in schools.....Let's honour the dead who fought for our country....

[@allenvitalic]

THANK YOU SO MUCH NTV. WE REALLY NEED TO BE TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO SHOW TO THE CURRENT COMMUNITY WHAT CAN HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF WAR. WE ALSO THANKFUL TO KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO SAVAGELY SUFFERED THE WAR WERE NOT REMEMBERED TO DATE, EVEN BY THE CURRENT GOVT. MAY GOD KEEP PEACE IN KENYA, GOD BLESS KENYA, GOD BLESS AFRICA.

[@wairimumukuria959]

Much respect to our surviving mau mau Kenyans.

[@ftmaren1900]

👏👏👏👏👏👏 Awesome stuff... Kazi safi

[@IrushKansas]

I am In the USA and I sing Mau Mau songs to motivate myself... the struggle is still on hata sasa. I have ultimate respect for Maumaus...

[@paulndungu7182]

How I wish our journalists will heed to what this elders are advising. Record our history while we still can, we have a lot to lose.

[@mmaganjo7947]

As much as this is so insightful, I feel like there should be more and more plus this must be included in our history books. Why should I remember more about independence and not how we got there. Let we Kenyans drive our own narrative, not the one driven by the white man!

[@wanjirumaina2559]

Thank you NTV for this presentation I am proud am daughter of a Maũ Maũ fighter

[@tonynjugunanjogu3090]

im a proudly grandson of mau mau.raise in kikuyu tradation fearing thahu,migiro na kirumi. salute to all mau mau gallants dead n alive

[@davgich7535]

sooo inspiring you need to do it more and more for sure we need peace peace peace this country was payed throuhg blood kiambu county gov we need/demand to see u doing something like creating a monument where we can have that history well documented . thanx ntv for good job. no wander the kenya kwanza brigade used limuru to make conk anouncement

[@jer254]

Thanks for this piece... so much to think about

[@bethmbitiru2724]

This is so sad but necessary to watch. I am from Lari and didn’t know this.

[@mercyetago4020]

Hats off. Salute to the maumau heroes

[@rubysailor9186]

Problem is with our education system. We are taught European history and we have such rich history at our door step. If kids would know what it took to be a independent, they would respect and strive to do more for the country than wait on country to give to them.

[@frankohabil]

Precisely on point 100%. Sad part is that the ruling elite has continued to perpetuate this tragedy in our education system.

[@that_bloke_kiri]

The very many times i use the A104 to and fro NRB/NAK, i always pass by LARI and my goes back, what was it like, what transpired there, the survivor stories, the fighters stories, i have watched and read tons of the same, but this is what was missing, real peoples stories of those who were there...i was born 40 years after it happened, but yet i feel it very close to my heart

[@monicawaigwa8215]

Loved watching this and all the sacrifices of those who came before us.

[@simonthongori8586]

How I wish that all Kenyans would embrace peace and unity irrespective of political affiliations and tribe. Many people died and perhaps it's the only Way we can thank them for the selfless sacrifice they made to fight for freedom. Thanks for the narrative, real CBC wacha hii ya Mangoha.

[@wanjirumaina2559]

I remember me and my father my mother and my two brothers were in (kiũgũ )detention in north Kinangop waiting to be allocated somewhere to stay, I remember it was an open space surounded by bulbed wire and we were sleeping there in the open field.

[@kayambakayumbet]

proud to be son of a mau mau hero

[@georgegitau6425]

Very well done and informative. History the reason we are here today so that it may never be forgotten.

[@GeorgeMayo-z2m]

Very good history and historical facts, than can never be forgotten.

[@Obsava_360]

I cannot Blame the school for failing to teach this history because I know it is controlled curriculum. Now, After watching I have realized that after the coloniser was unable to live in peace any longer because of Mau Mau, they of course used Homeguards which also failed. They then saw that Gikuyu is becoming unstoppable and established atonements places where chaplains would change the Mau Mau and resisters of colonialism from Mau Mau Paganism as they call it to Christianity. So, I you can listen and listen well that exactly what the reporter of the old video just said. I like the song the freedom fighters were singing "We are black, not white, we do not belong to their faith. Our God is Superior". To mean that Gikuyu did not need the new religion, This alone means a lot. Even though the freedom fighters were never compensated as they should have been and instead compensated well to the homeguards and chiefs, their end result was achieved freedom was given. Look at it in this way forks, if the men and women who disagreed with colonialism were already under white mans religion probably they would have been colonised very well with little or no resistance, Identity of Gikuyu had a huge contribution to resistance. Interesting History Indeed.

[@josephgathama5209]

They should build monuments in this areas not in Uhuru park only

[@chroniclesofMumbi]

Has anyone shared this documentary with national museums?

[@mariahtibbs8136]

This painful to watch 😢😢😢I couldn't finish it

[@suzlast4518]

My mother were left with no one after arresting his father and her mother who was never seen to this day.

[@samuelndegwa9740]

We were residing in majengo Nairobi when all kikuyu men were rounded up and sent to detentioncamps.I was about 3 years old. We were sent by the colonial gava to our rural areas of Mukurweini Nyeri where we were at the mercy of the community. I saw my late father when he was released from detention in 1956. Very painful memories.

[@peterchege5301]

On my way to Flyover in a Tulanga my grandmother showed me from the window lari at a place where massacre took place.

[@jefmweds]

My grandfather was a maumau, he died in 2019, may his soul Rest In Peace, after independence he was appointed to be a police in kisumu, he retired and lived a very good life. Maumau had people from GEM, but Kikuyus bore the blunt. The British rarely invaded some parts of mt Kenya east.

[@kennwarima5606]

“History is not the best teacher, history is the best punisher because it punishes hard those who forget about it.” The freedom we enjoy today was paid for with blood. Never forget that.

[@bensonchege8623]

This is eye opening history of kenya 🇰🇪 😳 and is so sad to see that a history can be erased in ignorant monuments are very important a constant reminder of what our forefathers went through to set free kenya 🇰🇪 😢 from colonial power

[@danielchege3535]

So insightful

[@njanejohn86]

Good job. Congrats

[@suzlast4518]

We lost our grandmother after those working with colony came to my grandfather home with white solider with guns

[@bornfree1595]

The irony and sacarsism of transforming an execution spot into a "healing" hospital is on another level..

[@BG-gt1xy]

imagine

[@bethanyhealingsanctuary58510]

This should be part of our history in all schools, we should NOT all such a history to be forgotten. Our generations should know how British government killed our people trying to steal our land.

[@sadhiyaiman6038]

How u fortunate our education systems does not consider this as important, right now Kenyans should know that what they are enjoying dint come easy as we wait for the supreme court to give a verdict of the 2022 elections we should respect anyone and everyone who has suffers for this country

[@E.S.T.A.R7]

Thank our brothers and sisters that put in a effort to fight or support

[@JesusChristSaves4ever]

We the old school generation we were taught abt Mau Mau ,this technology generation should be taught too.

[@patrickkaranja5725]

Collaborators and tribes which were loyal to British are the ones ruling and enjoying fruit

[@johnmuhoho255]

our freedom fighters fought a good fight

[@wanyuakenyuki7318]

My grandmother was maumau and she didn't have anything was in kapeguria prison for 7yrs and my grandfather was in run so my mother looks care of her sibling my grandparents died poor people so this is painful

[@camauhel-joe7539]

May Shosh n Guka RIP. Sorry for your loss

[@bornfree1595]

That was then and nothing has changed,the poor sons of maumau fighters are labeled mungiki

[@anthonymaina2215]

God Bless OUR HEROES-MAU MAU💪

[@loisemungai3152]

Mau mau... thengio niguturuirira... mugikuyu arotuura athanaga..athanaga niruo ruria onire...

[@wahehiamaina7809]

A good story by Ngina Kirori on Lari Massacre. But did you notice that some parts of the STORY have been MUTED whenever her narration is touching on the mzungu? Watch it again with the CAPTIONS on and you will notice that words still come up even when you think it is a silent part of the video.

[@wahehiamaina7809]

E.g from 1:11 to1:33. Also from 21:06 to 21:15. And many other parts of the video.

[@marygitihaable]

And the verbiage they use is to soften the blow. “White settlers”

[@kevinskiiceman4904]

And yet the real fighters are still un recognised for their sacrifice while colaboraters continue looting

[@jeffmunyi8172]

wow!! this is insightful .

[@Ms.Thiaka]

We're busy watching Vikings and Last kingdom learning about other nations while we could be making kenyan series recreating this stories to teach the future generations how our forefathers fathers fought for this lands. Tbh if we don't document this history well enough so many untold stories unseen pov's will die with our grandparents and great-grandparents.

[@E.S.T.A.R7]

On God

[@ericthongori1995]

Good History despite it being very sad

[@elizabethngigi1547]

Such should be integrated in our current school curriculum.

[@shulestuff]

The history we teach is thin and whitewashed, moreover no Kenyan wants their kids to study History, and then we turn around and wonder how come no one is writing about this, cc Anderson: "Histories of the Hanged", JM Kariuki & Bildad Kaggia bios

[@marthangumi371]

Why is this not taught at our schools,so disappointed that so much of our history will be forgotten

[@jm-dk3re]

thank you for uploading .

[@s.k634]

I somewhat sympathize with them but looking at the bigger picture, the Mau Mau stood no chance .They were up against the biggest empire in the world and troops who had just come from fighting Hitler and won .Choose your battles wisely . Again on the collaborators taking over the government , I support and understand again looking at the bigger picture .These were the most learned and experienced people well positioned to run a sophisticated bureaucracy .The Mau Mau illiterates taking over would have turned the country into a communist hellhole .Running a country is not the same as managing a kiosk I'm saying this as a Kikuyu whose grandfather was in the forest .

[@camauhel-joe7539]

What is your take regarding their land which was never given back to them??

[@FearlessAfrican]

When fighting a stronger enemy, the most important thing is to be stubborn in order for him to negotiate in your terms . The war made British accept independence terms

[@brotherdekaka]

you can't get this kind of documentary at githeri freaking 'disroyal' media citizen tv, only fake afro cinema na ujiga ya Telemundos bs, ntv is og,pls ntv dont be like citizen githeri media

[@camauhel-joe7539]

🤣🤣🤣hauna chills bro😂😂ati githeri what

[@pcodesdev]

My grandfather died in this massacre 😢

[@E.S.T.A.R7]

Long live our strong ansesters our rich history, our land, the white man doesn't belong in our land this country was built off our backs and the blood sweat and tears it took, we will honor theas legends our for father's, so thank you deaden kimathi, field marshal mothoni and more

[@camauhel-joe7539]

Powerful voice,

[@pentestermutai8656]

and what has been done to compensate the victims? just left with stories

[@Okwirisam254]

So who should compacted them

[@wambui-njagi4681]

Gikuyu peasants who were victims of mau mau violence need compensation too

[@damemsupamkenya]

​@@wambui-njagi4681seems like your grandparents were collaborators. Without doing what mau mau did, we probably would be a colony today. Tumia akili mama

[@damemsupamkenya]

​@@Okwirisam254the colonizers?

[@Wambui-d7g]

@@damemsupamkenya Australia is still a colony and so rich, our young people emigrate there in large numbers for the good life Hong Kong too was a colony until the other day and also very rich. Being a colony was not all bad

[@E.S.T.A.R7]

My garanpa fought for our independence he died right be for I was born

[@paulinerathgeber1045]

God fought for us

[@mercyetago4020]

Classical example of colonials pitting natives against each other exactly what they did in Rwanda Congo,we are lucky God helped us not to go the worst way.

[@jeremiahnganga6872]

Betrayal and inhumanity indeed does exist...our fore fathers fought had for us and they were rewarded by nothing ...the sons of the home guards are the one benefiting to date. Very unfair!!!😓

[@RobertChegempl]

Well Done

[@chelalkipngetich3536]

The MAU MAU vet IMO actually indicts Kenya's first administration. Specifically Kenyatta, maybe he never believed in the MAU MAU cause

[@mercyetago4020]

Sad. Even the white settlers in Kenya were done an injustice settled here after fighting the war.

[@jameswathuta9613]

It is therefore an insult to our heros dead or alive to welcome a British mornach with full military honours 😢

[@mercyetago4020]

I like the old lady in part 2

[@Flipper_CountryBoy254]

That’s deep history to digest.