This is Dedan Kimanthi, a rebel field marshal considered to be the most wanted Mau Mau fighter of all was captured and executed in October of 1956. His wife Mukami was detained and tortured in an attempt to get her to expose his whereabouts. In 1941, Kimathi was enlisted as a sweeper with the King’s African Rifles (KAR) only to desert the role soon after learning of the terrible conditions African soldiers were subjected to. Between 1947 and 1949 Kimathi joined the Kenya African Union (KAU), the first national political party in Kenya, and served as a secretary for the Ol Kalou branch. He rose to prominence within the movement in the early 1950s, first acting as an oath administrator, a method of initiation and a way of ensuring loyalty within the Mau Mau movement. He quickly became a leader of the Mau Mau fighters who migrated into the forests to fight the British forces after the declaration of the State of Emergency in late 1952. An although British media outlets tried to paint him as scared and helpless in his final moments. The last video of Kimathi reveals the opposite.