HOMAGE TO MZALENDO PETER KIHARA YOUNG A COMRADE OF THREE GENERATION OF SOCIAL STRUGGLE IN KENYA
On 6th October 2010 , comrades, and freedoms fighters of all generations from Mau Mau liberation movement ,Kenya Peoples Union (KPU) , Mwakenya , Forum for restoration democracy (FORD) ,Release political prisoner RPP, Bunge La Mwananchi social movement will gather in Githiga a small village in Githuguri , Kiambu county to return the mortal remains of the Late . Mzalendo Peter Kihara young, to the soil of our ancestors, under the shade of Mugumo tree that symbolize and immortalize Peter Kihara young life in social struggle in three generations distinction , with patriotism , dedication and commitment, to our motherland Kenya and Africa to the last day of his death on 26/09/2010, at Nairobi hospital, after ushering in new constitution.
The late Mzalendo Peter Kihara young was first arrested in1954 by British colonial government, as member of The Kenya land and Freedom army, Mau Mau, only when he was nineteen years old., and he was detained at Manyani detention camp during the height of independence struggle in Africa and among those who had a profound influence on Kihara’s early political beliefs were such heroes as Josiah Mwangi Kariuki (J.M.) and J.D. Kali and many others Mau Mau cadres. Like Gen. Kago.
After the flag independence in 1963 the Late Mzee Kihara Young was arrested in 1969 by special Branch in Nyeri and taken to Ruguru police post where he was tortured during interrogation , bunt with cigarettes and was buried neck depth while still a live , tortured for 70 days before he was officially detained without trial for 2 years by Kenyatta regime, due to his right of association and being national organizing secretary ok Kenya peoples union party (KPU), a progressive party that was organized under the leadership of Jaramogi odinga , Pio Gama Pinto and Bildad Kaggia.
The late Comrade Kihara Young again on January 23 1986 was arrested from his home Githunguri and taken to Muthaigari and Buru Buru Police station, after where he was delivered to torture chambers in Nyayo House, where he stayed for 69 days while being subjected to torture and humiliation, and thereafter being charged in with offence of possessing of seditious publications and being member of Mwakenya by MOI and KANU dictatorship , and was sentenced for 4 years. In jail, and followed again in July 11 1990 with another detention during demand for return of multi-party democracy, where he was founder member of FORD..
We pay homage to the great son of our history, the Late Mzalendo Kihara young in his life was embodiment of three generations of Kenya resistance and africa struggle , his body and life had marks and wounds like that of Jesus in the crucifixion , Mzee Kihara Young had opportunity to enrich himself , and steal from public service as his tribes men in kikuyu land did under Kenyatta government , but he choose a different life and values of humility and courage to question the powerful and the rich taking the future of Kenya and hopes of our generations as his personal cross and as way of life that followed the foot steps of Bildad Kaggia in central province who was his comrade in arms and both have died in poverty but with dignity after paying the price of freedom and struggle for social justice for many years
We hail our Late comrade Peter kihara Young as freedom fighter of truth and social justice , who was always willing to support the course of liberation of our motherland, we had opportunity to be with the late Peter Kihara young and many other as applicants in Kenya against impunity campaign (KAI) that instituted a civil case against the truth justice and reconciliation commission chaired by Bethuel Kiplagat (TJRC) in 2009 to demand accountability from the chair of the commissions who documented evidence show his complicit with human rights violations, and his actions that borders on corruption, another demand in the case is to open the TJRC act that created the commission which limit the investigations of human rights violations in colonial period, that today manifests in neo-colonial poverty. The case is still going on in court and there will be no tears comrade ….. we will continue with the struggle that the late, Peter Kihara young started ,and draw the lessons from many struggles and battles that embodied his life, in order to understand the past and live the present with courage and hope that will overcome the neo-colonial reactionary forces that is betraying the struggle of our people. And the finest flowers that we can immortalize the memory of our comrade Peter Kihara young on 6th October 2010 are the bullets of social justice, shells of truth and accountability and the missiles of commitment and under united front for social change in implementing the new constitution……. this are values that we must fire against the reactionary neo- colonial forces in form of invisible government in Kenya., that Jaramogi Odinga spoke about in his book NOT YET UHURU
From Bunge La Mwananchi and all comrades in Kenya
Aluta Continua.
Gacheke Gachihi- Bunge La Mwananchi social Movement and KAI member.
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