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Gatamayu

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Country
  
Kenya

Time zone
  
EAT (UTC+3)

Province
  
Central Province

Gatamayu

Weather
  
16°C, Wind NE at 10 km/h, 61% Humidity

Gatamayu is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province.

History

The province is inhabited by the Kikuyu speaking community who are part of the Kenya Eastern Bantu. During Kenya's colonization by the British, much of the province was regarded as part of the 'White Highlands', for the exclusive use of the settler community. Therefore it saw political activity from the local communities who felt that they had an ancestral right to the land. This tension culminated in the 1950s with the Mau Mau rebellion; it saw the region placed under a state of emergency and the arrest of many prominent political leaders.

References

Gatamayu Wikipedia