Field Marshal Musa Mwariama (born 1928) is a former leader of the Mau Mau in Meru

Meru, Kenya

-Transport:The City of Meru is linked to Nairobi by a paved road, whether from the south around the east side of Mount Kenya, via Embu, or from the northwest around the west and north side of Mount Kenya, via Nanyuki and Timau....

 and the highest ranking Mau Mau who survived the war in the forests and jungles of Central Kenya from its inception to independence without being killed or captured. Together with Dedan Kimathi

Dedan Kimathi

Dedan Kimathi Waciuri , was a Kenyan rebel leader who fought against the British colonial government in Kenya in the 1950s. He was convicted and executed in 1957 for murder and terrorism....

 and Waruhiu Itote

Waruhiu Itote

Waruhiu Itote was one of the key leaders of the Mau Mau rebellion alongside Dedan Kimathi and General Stanley Mathenge and Musa Mwariama....

 (Genera China) they comprised the core Mau Mau leadership.

By the time he left his bases in Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya

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 and Nyambene Hills on the equator

Equator

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, he had about 2,000 fighters who had survived Operation Anvil

Operation Anvil

Operation Anvil may refer to:* the original name for the August 1944 World War II Allied landing in southern France, Operation Dragoon* the military control of Nairobi, Kenya by British security forces from April 24, 1954 in an attempt to sever rebel supply lines during the Mau Mau Uprising*...

 in Kenya

Kenya

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. He was decorated with the national Order of Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS) after independence. The most famous photograph of him is with President Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyattapron.] served as the first Prime Minister and President of Kenya. He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation....

 on attainment of Uhuru

Uhuru

Uhuru may refer to:, a Lake Victoria ferry in East Africa*Uhuru , campaigns for and achievement of national independence in Africa especially in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania*Uhuru Kenyatta , Kenyan politician...

 (independence) in 1963 and most of the post war Mau Mau video clips show him inspecting a Mau Mau guard of honour or with President Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyattapron.] served as the first Prime Minister and President of Kenya. He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation....

.

Early life

M'Kiribua M'Muchiri alias Musa Mwariama was born in 1928 at Muthara in Tigania division of Meru District

Meru District

Meru Central District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru North District, Meru South District, and Tharaka District....

.According to Ameru

Ameru

The Meru people, or Ameru, are a Bantu ethnic group who mainly inhabit the Meru region of Kenya. They speak Kimîîru language.The Meru people of Kenya should not be mistaken with the Meru of neighboring Tanzania, or Wameru.-Location:...

 tradition, his parents who had migrated from Nkuene in South Imenti, gave him the name Baringo. He had an older Brother called Romano Ntabathia though from a different mother. Their father, M'Muchiri was a soothsayer

Fortune-telling

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and therefore a strict traditionalist.