I was eight years old when Jomo came home from detention. Vehicle registration plates KHA.....coincided with his release, I listened to those freedom songs first hand as they were sung by traditional Kikuyu men and women with spliced ears adorned with " nyori". Two years later,as a class three pupil, we were bussed to Langata Uhuru stadium in a KBS double decker bus to witness the raising of the new Kenya independence flag. And here I am now, seventy one years " young" and reliving it all over again. How lucky I am!!

@simplejames9500

3 ай бұрын

I am speechless, You witnessed The Birth of the nation

@mutuuramwangi1913

3 ай бұрын

@@simplejames9500 Indeed I saw it all. I still remember that night, my dad ( God bless his soul) and uncle were celebrating, they had bottles of Tusker beer that they couldn't have been allowed to consume under colonial rules, and they smoked " Clipper" brand cigarettes, the most expensive at the time ( google it). We kids were content with bubbly Coca-Cola and House of Manji biscuits.

@mremmm5902

Ай бұрын

You are blessed

The more things change, the more they remain the same. Dear Kenyans, it's time to break the cycle and aim at economic independence!

What a gem of a documentary! The calibre of Jomo, Murumbi, and co is just superb! Can't understand how we ended up with the likes of Kawanjiku and ndindi nyoro

@mightlybeloved6763

Жыл бұрын

Iganagwo Yari iria yakua.

@florencekimotho887

21 күн бұрын

Ke nguire! Ithe uyu wanyu ri. Ndui ati niatahituo ni Nyakeru icio? Migunda ya MAU aroririe naku??? Menyaga uria urauga!

The guys in the interviews sound so eloquent and relaxed I've found myself rewinding to listen to them again... I used to learn about Eliud Mathu, Joseph Murumbi, Oginga Odinga, Tom Mboya, and all those other great men in Kenyan History in primary school. Now I've seen what they all looked like and heard how they talked. Great job preserving this information.

I noticed Africans in those days spoke very good English with a distinct British accent.

@bangerbangerbro

4 жыл бұрын

I'm assuming you mean only in English occupied countries not all African countries?

@BensonNyasae

4 жыл бұрын

@@bangerbangerbro Of course

@emo72387

4 жыл бұрын

It's called colonialism

@bangerbangerbro

4 жыл бұрын

@Mwaniki Mwaniki Well you pretty much said the same.

@bangerbangerbro

4 жыл бұрын

@@BensonNyasae I was just trying to point out a technical error.

Great piece of Kenya’s history. Thanks for uploading

thanks for the upload

I didn't know that Grace Wahu the 1st wife of Kenyatta died just the other day in 2007..thanks to this video producer for featuring her.

@oneclearmission

2 жыл бұрын

Mama ngina the greedy an worthy first lady Kenya never had will never let grace to be known. Kenyatta kids started disappearing with different illness we all know what that means! And she succeeded today Kenya only know the mama ngina kids ,not grace kids. Mama ngina a mother who brought a lot of misery in Kenyan soil. When her death comes, am sure & proud to say no Kenyan will shed a tear for her instead Kenyans will be thankful because it will at least the end of so many injustices

Joseph and Sheila Murumbi collection is such a treasure, even more so for donating it to the nation. Educational & Inspiring. *Goals

Kenyatta fought along with other kenyans for kenya's independence, land and constitution...just 3 yrs after independence..he changed his stance n jailed his fellow comrades??? This is part of history to b remember...y??? They disagreed with his policies?? What did he want? Was he already into scandals n gobbling Kenya's wealth for himself?? This should b taught in schools so as the young generation understand the current tribal issues affecting the nation n thus make them bury the tension n live

@ramlamohamed722

6 жыл бұрын

it's fact

@kennirochok5067

4 жыл бұрын

huyu kenyatta ndo shida ya hii kenya..akaiba shamba na mwanawe na serikali yale wanaiba pesa.sasa watatubakisha nini

@michaelheery7427

4 жыл бұрын

@John Kuma 555443%%%$$$$$$$$$$

32:12 Now this is a real definition of eloquency👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you.

That song in the end... So nostalgic. I can tell that once my ancestors enjoyed singing it. Where can I find it?

@brianmugo9341

5 жыл бұрын

I just played it to my shosh. It's "Gitiro." Sang by women during ruracio and other events. It's lyrics could change from occasion to occasion.

@47:37 Dr. Gikonyo Kiano, the first Kenyan PhD holder and first African lecturer at Royal Technical College (now Nairobi University) smokes away!

@RoneyNgala

5 жыл бұрын

Was about to ask who's that smoking?! Thanks for the mention. Signs of impunity or was it a _"we are in government mentality"_ ?

@rosewambui8026

4 жыл бұрын

Mrs Kiano... Maendeleo ya Wanawake boss for a decade

I'm glad to come across this the depth is beyond.

quite a rich history. Being of interest with mzee biography was glad to see his late wanjiku koinange photo or mutundu, who died during child birth in late forties has being trying to get photo for more than forty years

Kenyan Hero

1:28 Ngihanda Ihiga, Ngihanda njahi - Strong Kikuyu folk song!!

@linmuthoni

4 жыл бұрын

Ekoragwo na uma moinge muno

@florencekimotho887

21 күн бұрын

Ciugo icio ingi no iriku?😊

The song that Plays at the End. Who knows its name and where we can get it.

Our people spoke good English at that time ....

@elkiq95

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@florencekimotho887

15 күн бұрын

They were excellent in their native languages and cultures! Away with English Nonsence. Light n shallow language

Amazing documentary

David Koff researched and produced this series with his Tanzanian journalist-wife whose name I have forgotten. She is also the excellent narrator of the series (which can be found on KZread). It is a master piece of genuine journalism: presenting facts. Hence, the series much be watched in it's entirety. Kenyatta was a double-edged sword.for Kenya. Leading the country into a new era of independence and into his own personal wealth. - Which is quite well documented and so laying the foundation of Kenyans present day problems with corruption and impunity.

Power Does Not Corrupt It Simply Reveals Corruption

@oneclearmission

2 жыл бұрын

Your not using your brains bro.....find out the prise him.

where can i find the song played at the last of this video

@PK-vx2fx

5 жыл бұрын

very good song, never heard of it but will try and find out

@brianmugo9341

5 жыл бұрын

Yes...

@shadrackmuoki6371

5 жыл бұрын

Moi speaches

@tomlepski8306

5 жыл бұрын

That was one of the many ad hoc songs composed by Gikuyu folk song musicians to serenade Mzee. They were many and varied during mzee's time. My all time favourite was "maendele Kenya" by Tanzania's Orchestra Lombe Lombe, a song I last in December 1977 and which was never played again by the VOK after Mzee rested. May this great son of Africa and the world rest in eternal peace.

@speedoracing360

5 жыл бұрын

1:34, great folksong, I wish I could get it on clear digital production. Pity the current crop of leaders have no inclination for culture and folklore. I miss the nyakinyua dancers with their mucung'wa, gitiiro, nduumo, muthirigu and the ngemi accompanying those great compilations. I believe KBC Radio have them all in their library treasure trove of Kenyan music. Over to you KETABUL, please produce this music, we will buy it in droves.

Kenya problems began here kenyatta betrayed Kenyans

8:55 feel like this is an important point and merits time for reasoning

A lesson learnt from both Kenyatta senior and Kenyatta junior. The two hated to see human slaughter human. Kenyatta jomo hated mau mau because of violence they were associated with and Kenyatta Uhuru hated mungiki for the same reason

@iamthatiam3652

5 жыл бұрын

Simon Kimani agreed

@oneclearmission

2 жыл бұрын

Kibaki was the one who did something about mungiki not the fake Kenyatta blood

It was not master and servant it was master and slaves

@rjc2630

5 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

Good Documentary. Please upload more on Kenya and not specifically Kenyatta

@amoskamau1184

5 жыл бұрын

No Kenyan hisyory without Kenyatta somewehere

@rosewambui8026

4 жыл бұрын

Kenyatta = Kenya. Kenya history is in books/documentaries,, all over world universities. Move abroad and know more!

@florencekimotho887

22 күн бұрын

​@@rosewambui8026you too are distorted, confused

We must capitalize on our main resource, the people. We must aim to empower our people academically! Watching this video today just tells us that the main difference was between those who went to school and those who did not. I still don't understand why we haven't made it easy as well as compulsory for everyone to acquire relevant and practical knowledge. A country with majority able-bodied youths should speak of famine at all!

Joseph Murumbi on 🔥

great documentary.

He betrayed the Kenyan dream by building a nation based on hate,greed and tribalism

@Humphrey10

Жыл бұрын

Where was your great grand parents then, piga.

@Truthfulmen_women

11 ай бұрын

​@@Humphrey10😂😂😂😂😂atwambie.

deep

After watching this documentary, his betrayal of his people by amassing all that land stings they loved him without conditions and he took advantage of them

Commenting in Jan 2020, @30mins into the documentary, current Narok Senator Ledama Olekina should find out exactly who his true biological father (or grandpa) is..... #RIPMurumbi.

@41:38 The False Victory: A momentary, upward inflection of fortunes about four-fifths into The Heroe's Journey

And The Most High will wipe away every TEAR from their eyes, And New Jerusalem coming from heaven made of pure gold , precious stone , clear as crystal only for the TWELVE TRIBES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. Fulstop.

how can I get the original version without English Translation?

@cirukarago7251

4 жыл бұрын

Funny was also thinking about that.. It would sound so nice in kikuyu.. I loved listening to my grandma narrating to me such stories in kikuyu ( the state of emergency, the rise of maendeleo ya wanawake, his death in kikuyu sad she's no more... She had his photos allover some that am seeing here).

@shiporpor

Жыл бұрын

This is the original

Great documentary great history

Things i didnt know 1.Kenyatta was born in Kikuyu 2.Musa Gitau was a reverend 😂😂 but i know a school named after him . 3.Kenyatta was abit of a bully 😂😂 4.Kenyatta (the name) was a belt he wore and loved 5.

@justkibet1125

4 жыл бұрын

musa Gitau in ThikA?

@hamsinisitini6613

4 жыл бұрын

Its Konyatta not Kenyatta . It was a masaai name for belt of beads popular with kipkeu masaai whose chief married Jomos Aunt. The name Jomo itself I do not know its origin. But you can decipher all by buying his book- facing mt kenya

@isaackariuki588

3 жыл бұрын

@@justkibet1125 Musa Gitau in thogoto.

@saix81

2 жыл бұрын

There's a beaded strap that Kikuyus used to wear just above the calf that was called kînyata. There are a few words shared between Kikuyu and Maasai, such as Ngai/Enkai, Mutarakwa, Munyi etc, so it's naive to argue whether it's a Kikuyu or Maa name

Like Father like Son.,

@ismailwander4155

5 жыл бұрын

bomachoge kenya17

Hizi picha coloured ziko juu tuu sana

This Guy sound Like Henry Kissinger!

His oratorial skills were amazing. He held his listeners captive by his language mastery local and foreign!

@florencekimotho887

21 күн бұрын

He went to great lengths to camouflage himself. A traitor#

This is great history, what a gem

As its written, REV 16-14, For they are spirits of demons, performing sign. which go out to the Kings of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of that great day of The Most High Almighty.

It's very unfortunate and ironical how jomo Kenyatta speaking of whites taking away the land from the Kenyans while right now his family owns millions of acres of land while other people are landless in the homeground neocolonialism.

@ezekielmburu3418

4 жыл бұрын

So much idle land in nyanza,western and coast

Tom mboya,Joseph Murumbu...top notch fluency and eloquence absolutely ahead of their time

@florencekimotho887

15 күн бұрын

Why r u so myopic? The revolutionary principles ok s what matters here! The Brits morons frowned on them n that's why MAUMAU was a justified battle!

Any man can make anywhere in the world .. Mzee Kenyatta was a God given leader ..our leaders should learn from this documentary

@florencekimotho887

20 күн бұрын

Bladi nonsemse!!!

The only question is ,where was your grandparents when kenyatta was ?😂😂😂

@niknik4260

4 жыл бұрын

They were honest God fearing people..

@nancykahuho

4 жыл бұрын

Nik Nik or cowards .

@niknik4260

4 жыл бұрын

@@nancykahuho cowards why? Kenyatta didn't fight for independence

@robm2217

3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather stood with Kenyatta. My name sake the Hon. Robert Matano

@Animalsandwildlife.7527

2 жыл бұрын

What's is the difference between the founders and freedom fighters?

Doctored history

@clivenyachieo4341

4 жыл бұрын

Frank Moch look

@phillipmedia1

4 жыл бұрын

Original piece!?

@nativeson1559

3 жыл бұрын

@ Frank Moch, Si uandike yako. Write yours. Jot your own history.

Greed,crime and betrayal

@kakabarracks9456

4 жыл бұрын

@Zetegu Anderson. THE ZODIAK SHOW read you zombie and enrich yourself with great history

i can see my garndmother and Young u Kenyatta

in the meantime..corona ilitupata 2020 , bado tunapigana nayo...I see they never wore masks those days.

@nativeson1559

3 жыл бұрын

@maina Samuel LOL!

Wonr say more JOMO THE MAN

Actually you could not distinguish any accent from any of these guys these guys were so eloquent.

34:15-20 Is WARUHIO ITOTE or "General China" a second world war veteran (1939-1945) who fought for the British Empire and later on returning to kenya (1945) a Mau Mau general after joining the Mau Mau in 1952 to fight against the British in Kenya .Hewas appointed a Mau Mau General (1952) to head the Abadare Forest region by the Mau Mau central command which included the likes of Bildad kagia, Kungu Karumba(Jomo kenyattas cell mates), Fred kubai, Dedan Kimathi, e.t.c

Come I will show you the Judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with wine of her fornication.

@DAVIE5179

4 жыл бұрын

What does this mean ?

@anselmgachukia6809

3 жыл бұрын

Where you get this from

@florencekimotho887

20 күн бұрын

​@@anselmgachukia6809bible

How many people can sing that song today

Kuna kijana nimeona mahali bure kabisa...

It's the skin that changed because colonial farms never reverted to legitimate class

Kenyatta played a crucial role in the struggle for independence . Young Kenyans are quick to dismiss him as an opportunist but it's clearly out of ignorance. I have at last seen historical figures like Joseph Kangethe and Harry Thuku that i had only read about. A very important documentary for Kenyans.

@saix81

2 жыл бұрын

100% agree with you. It's utter garbage, fuelled by cluelessness

Great history

Thankyou for respecting our country come to our wild life asante is thankyou

@florencekimotho887

22 күн бұрын

Respecting? What r u even talking about?

In all time favored Jomo, at least He had zeal to free our land of settlers

@anselmgachukia6809

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't n never say that again,he actually took a loan from Britain to buy back the land for which we still repay today,..after he took the loan what happened to the land,Fill in the blanks

@eltorito1881

3 жыл бұрын

Which he grabbed

@joenmuthiga9712

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't free any land or any one. He was a sellout!

@florencekimotho887

15 күн бұрын

U r confused!

I can see Tom mboya..

@mojadan2170

5 жыл бұрын

ken kenilito where?

@darlingtonmoshi4372

4 жыл бұрын

@39:42...👍

22:46.... is that young uhuru kenyatta ??

@bigg1091

7 жыл бұрын

yes

@queenqueen9378

4 жыл бұрын

Hehehe you see far

Jomo kenyatta was born between 1887 and 1889 NOT 1894 or "on either side of 1895".

@nativeson1559

3 жыл бұрын

@ Silas a politics, I’ve always known it to be 1889. He died at 89. He is the second youngest president....first being his son Uhuru. Lol.

cant deny the man gave himself so kenya can gain independence....still greed blinded him...slayed tom mboya so he could protect his power...stole from kenyans whether money or land...kenyans may never know the true story behind the scenes,but deep down i know that mischief will never go unpunished....

51:15 did you see that guy smoking behind Kenyatta.

@adamsonvibes2602

3 жыл бұрын

Mafia

@nativeson1559

3 жыл бұрын

@Simon ndichu,JULIUS KIANO DOCTOR,He was in Kenyatta’s first cabinet.

Historical revisionism! Nevertheless, this is the story of a Kikuyu tribal leader, not a Kenyan nationalist.

@kalebnbrown

Жыл бұрын

You are incorrect.

Wonderful . Did anyone realize that when he got out of the Land Rover [after his 1946 release from his Kapenguria arrest], when he said hello, he sounded just like his son Uhuru.BUT HE RIDES A BETTER MERECEDES THAN HIS SON UHURU. LOL. I NEED THAT BENZ.

@florencekimotho887

20 күн бұрын

Its painful reading ur stuff here! You sound too myopic

@nativeson1559

20 күн бұрын

@@florencekimotho887 What is it specifically that I said that so irked you? Elezea tafadhali.

woderful documentary

To be carried (and cared) by others as if you were an invalid who cannt use your own proper legs to walk as a final desire of domination. Very ashame finally!

This is my best Leader in Kenya and among my role Models.

@JW-zl5ju

4 жыл бұрын

You must be insane

@markusruhl6073

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Mboya JM Kariuki Pia Gama Pinto killer

@josephgicheha3449

3 жыл бұрын

@@JW-zl5ju 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@florencekimotho887

21 күн бұрын

Get to know him more please 😢

Someone good

Dude you know what you are talking about

@38:23 Deus Ex Machina - God Out of The Machine!!! A Sudden reversal of fortune, as is typical toward the climax of The Heroes Journey

Between dedan kimathi and kenyatta who was hero?

@florencekimotho887

20 күн бұрын

Dedan Kimathi

There so many lies in history books, they thought new generations won't find out 🇰🇪📚

@Truthfulmen_women

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

I believe Jomo had very good intentions for the country. He had the country at heart but the opposition spoilt his moods. He had no chills after that. Just imagine if Oginga and Co. Worked together with Jomo through and through, we would've been far and saved lots of useless assassinations,

@oneclearmission

2 жыл бұрын

Your wrong,Kenyatta was the one who turned his back on those peoples saw him through this journey....he become very greedy & selfish....when he took this country the directions he took us from very beginning.....was wrong measure thanks why our offsprings will suffer the consequences. He brought tribal, racist & untill today Kenya belongs to one tribe the Kikuyu,the rest we are just nothing. It will come to an end on day,just like the way Rwanda got tired Kenya will someday.

@georgeodhiambo598

2 жыл бұрын

You are wrong. They couldn't have worked together because they had very different views on what independence ought to have meant. Some people thought it ought to have meant the beginning of looting time. Others thought it ought to have been time to involve ordinary Kenyans. The more we read about Kenyatta, the more he turns out to have been a hollow tribalistic murderous leader whose hands are soaked in blood of other Kenyans who had alternative views on the development agenda for Kenya. He set particularly a poor foundation for Kenya. Leadership was equated with thievery and tribalistic mentality, a situation Kenya is yet to find it's way out of.

@georgeodhiambo598

2 жыл бұрын

That's a poorly thought out comment! Are you justifying assassinations of leaders who held alternative views? Those who hold alternative views must be protected and provided with the space to express those views. That is the Hallmark of democracy. And state machinery ought not be illegally and unconstitutionally used to suppress those who hold alternative views. It is inexcusable and an act of cowardice to use the state to assassinate those who hold alternative views. Your views are worse than hogwash.

05:43, Ithe wa Ngengi a.k.a Gitoki

The leaders during that time spoke eloquent English,unlike today

@iamthatiam3652

5 жыл бұрын

Impressive

@andreaobado2307

4 жыл бұрын

Very good English

@cirukarago7251

4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Murumbi had some very nice English

@florencekimotho887

15 күн бұрын

None of our business how they spoke its what they spoke!

you took alot from the poor

@josephgicheha3449

3 жыл бұрын

@Zetegu Anderson. THE ZODIAK SHOW fuck you

My kikuyu people in focus

Which church Sunday or Sabbath, My people 21th centruy is time to wake up, Yashaya Christ is coming to bring the judgement on earth that everyone will see 12 tribes who will be the judges when Yashaya come back. Don't go the way of HEATHEN

@michaelheery6303

4 жыл бұрын

U need PROZAC

If only Oginga was BOLD during Kenyatta's detention. Luos in the 60s seemed very humble and polite as opposed to Kikuyus. What happened to Muigai Kenyatta? Seems like the first wife's family was disinherited.

What a gem of a documentary. The fluency of Joseph Murumbi The man, the legend General Waruhiu Itotte himself.

@darlingtonmoshi4372

4 жыл бұрын

Waruhiu Itote = General China. He later served as Deputy Director NYS...

Seems like he started with high ideals

He grabbed everything his colleagues died poor mau mau

Where is the part where Britons exchanged wives and went high at the now Norfolk hotel?

@coachmathanganimuya1631

4 жыл бұрын

focus on kenyan nationalism, hence no emphasis on white mischief. See related stories like Out of Africa etc.

After Three year's he got Lost and was consumed with power, corruption, nepotism and Land grabbing he planted the seeds which are destroying Kenya today but he played a big role in liberating this country

@florencekimotho887

20 күн бұрын

He slept with the enemy n was inducted as overlord while abroad. He was the main player in the fake independence

.

Kenyatta was a wise man am a kikuyu but I equivalently equated kenyatta with heavy J jalas.

@florencekimotho887

20 күн бұрын

Kenyatta=Judas Iscariot

huyu ndiye anafanya tuhangaike wa leo

@josephgicheha3449

3 жыл бұрын

Manze

Indeed if God is one day to punish Kenyans Kenyatta will be answerable..

Mzee jomo kenyatta is an African hero..A true son of the continent. Africa honours him.he has left a great legacy

@florencekimotho887

20 күн бұрын

Nope 👎

22:46 haka kajamaa ndo kanatunyanyasha sai kwani ni kesho 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

people whose tribes were too cowardly to fight for independence are here trolling Kenyatta.

@web7014

6 жыл бұрын

George Gitonga valid yet dangerous point. Views like yours make sure Kenya doesn't progress in terms of tribalism.

@blackceasor1159

6 жыл бұрын

Your tribe fought for stolen lands within central KE, not the country's indipendence. It was handed down on a silver platter. Na ukumbuke your tribe will soon vacate power apo ndo ukabila yenu itadidimia

@rvankline6908

5 жыл бұрын

.. gee George, you are quite curious. You should replace cowardly with weak, hungry and oppressed. If you study African history from American libraries, you will learn nothing.

@dominicmwaniki1303

5 жыл бұрын

Revisit your primary school history and learn that its not only one tribe that fought for Kenyas indepence.

@BRoyMSc

5 жыл бұрын

@George Gitonga you're an imbecile. There's nothing like fighting for independence. The whites voluntarily left. if they didn't we could still be here claiming to be fighting for independence. They were unmatched in every aspect