Dedan Kimathi’s Family Demands Government Exhume And Hand Over Body

The family of celebrated freedom fighter, Dedan Kimathi have asked the government to end their emotional trauma and exhume the body of their kin so that they can accord him a decent burial.

Led by Kimathi’s daughter, Evelyne  Wanjugu Kimathi, the family insists they have credible information that her father is buried in Kamiti Prison.

Wanjugu was speaking during Dedan Kimathi’s 63rd  anniversary celebrations on Tuesday at Karunaini village, Tetu sub-county in Nyeri County during

Ms. Kimathi claimed the grave of her father has finally been located at Kamiti Maximum Prison and added that they are now praying that the government exhumes the remains so that they can finally bury the veteran at their home.

“Why can`t the Kenyan government together with the British authorities come together and give us the body of our hero Dedan Kmathi,” Wanjugu posed.

She added that her mother, Mrs. Mukami Kimathi was in her sunset years and that the best gift the government can give her is the body of her husband to accord it a decent burial.

“Why don’t we let the widow of Dedan Kimathi, Mukami leave this world knowing that she was able to bury her husband?” Wanjugu lamented.

The hero’s daughter maintained that the remains of Dedan Kimathi is in Kamiti Maximum Prison and the family was only asking for the exact location of the grave.

“People who we have talked to but we decline to give their identities confirmed that they know where Kimathi was buried,” she alleged.

Wanjugu asked, “If the British government brought Kimathi’s file after 50 years, why not his remains? Let’s stop the cat and mouse game.”