Dedan Kimathi

Dedan Kimathi
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Nyeri County (en) , 31 Oktoba 1920
ƙasa	Kenya Colony (en)
Mutuwa	Nairobi, 18 ga Faburairu, 1957
Yanayin mutuwa	hukuncin kisa (rataya)
Karatu
Harsuna	Yaren Kikuyu
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa da Shugaban soji
Aikin soja
Ya faɗaci	Mau Mau Uprising (en)

Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (an haife shi a ranar 31 ga watan Oktoba shekara ta 1920 - 18 ga watan Fabrairun shekarar 1957), an haife shi Kimathi wa Waciuri a cikin Kenya ta Burtaniya a lokacin, shi ne babban soja kuma jagoran ruhaniya na tashin Mau Mau . Wanda aka fi sani da shi a matsayin jagoran juyin juya hali, ya jagoranci gwagwarmayar soji dauke da makamai da gwamnatin mulkin mallaka na Birtaniya a Kenya a shekarun, 1950 har zuwa lokacin da aka kama shi a shekara ta, 1956 sannan aka zartar da hukuncin kisa a shekara ta, 1957. Kimathi yana da alhakin jagorantar ƙoƙarin ƙirƙirar tsarin soja na yau da kullun a cikin Mau Mau, da kuma kiran majalisar yaƙi a shekara ta, 1953. Shi, tare da Musa Mwariama da Muthoni Kirima, na ɗaya daga cikin sarakunan Filaye uku.

Masu kishin ƙasar Kenya suna kallonsa a matsayin gwarzon dan gwagwarmayar ‘yancin kai na ƙasar Kenya da Turawan mulkin mallaka na ƙasar Kenya, yayin da gwamnatin Birtaniya ke kallonsa a matsayin dan ta’adda. Duk da cewa shugabannin biyu na farko na Kenya mai cin gashin kanta, Jomo Kenyatta da Daniel Arap Moi, Kimathi da takwarorinsa na 'yan tawayen Mau Mau sun yi wa kallon kyama a hukumance a matsayin gwarzaye a fafutukar kwato 'yancin kai na Kenya a karkashin gwamnatin Mwai Kibaki, wanda ya kai ga kaddamar da bikin. wani mutum-mutumi na Kimathi a cikin shekara ta, 2007. An ƙarfafa hakan ne ta hanyar amincewa da sabon kundin tsarin mulki a shekara ta, 2010 da ke kira da a ƙarama jaruman ƙasa.