Dedan Kimathi Statue

Dedan Kimathi Waciuri was a leader of the Mau Mau, and led an armed military struggle against the British colonial government in Kenya in the 1950’s. A bronze statue of ‘Freedom Fighter Dedan Kimathi’ was erected on a graphite plinth, in central Nairobi. The statue was unveiled on 18 February 2007, the 50th anniversary of the day Dedan Kimathi Waciuri was executed. The 2,1 meter high statue shows Kimathi clad in military regalia, holding a rifle in the right hand and a dagger in the other.