Kenya turns 50 this year. To commemorate this important milestone, the Star is publishing the untold stories of Kenya's clamour for independence which will culminate in the national celebrations on December 12. In the third edition in this series, read about how the Ameru contributed to the freedom struggle through the eyes of Kabeere M'Mbijjewe, 89, a former Mau Mau fighter who later became a minister in the Kenyatta and Moi governments.
In 1952, Kabeere M'Mbijjewe was a student at the Makerere University College, but he was suspended after the students staged a strike, demanding the better diet of rice and meat to escape the daily monopoly of matoke and groundnut soup.
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