Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Jomo Kenyatta: The Kenya Africa Union is Not the Mau Mau, 1952 Speech at the Kenya African Union Meeting at Nyeri, July 26, 1952 ... I want you to know the purpose of K.A.U. It is the biggest purpose the African has. It involves every African in Kenya and it is their mouthpiece which asks for freedom. K.A.U. is you and you are the K.A.

Mzee Jomo Kenyatta KENYATTA ..... Taa ya Kenya or Swahili for the 'Light of Kenya' was the man who brought the light of independence to Kenya. Indeed, he was a beacon, a rallying point for suffering Kenyans to fight for their rights, justice and freedom. His brilliance gave strength and aspiration to people beyond the boundaries of Kenya, indeed beyond the shores of Africa. Just as one light ...