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Luvai and the castrations
Fed up with the rising Mau Mau, the British hatched a plot to crack down the rebellion following its spread to interior Ukambani and a number of home guards leaving the colonial collaboration. Ukambani was considered loyal to the colonialists and had the biggest membership in the Kings African Rifles (KAR or Kea is it was called in Ukambani) followed by the Luo.
As such, the colonial administrators had to find a way to contain Mau Mau oathing in Ukambani and another local oathing (Kuweta na Kwika) that was growing in rebellion to the British, especially in areas along the Nairobi-Mombasa railway.
A Senior District Administrator named Hardy was given the task to contain Mau Mau infiltration in Ukambani and since he was considered a 'passive administrator' - and is said to have liked it that way - he chose a local white farmer in Athi River who had joined the Kenya Police Reservists to handle the matter. That farmer was Louvaine Tom Dunman.
Dunman was well suited for the role. He had lived in Ukambani for a number of years, he had married a Kamba lady named Naomi, he spoke Kikamba fluently and was ruthless as they come. The Akamba called him 'Luvai' from Louvaine and they detested him.
Dunman took charge of the detention camp situated at Lukenya Hill which was designated for Akamba who were suspected of being members of, or assisting the Mau Mau. He is said to have severally driven a land rover with detainees into the forest and returned alone with the detainees never to be seen.
Luvai or Dunman was a name greatly associated with fear throughout the emergency period, owing to his ruthlessness. Several detainees would later confess to have been castrated by Luvai while in detention while those who were thought a nuisance transferred to other detention camps especially Kagio in Kirinyaga, Kandongu in Embu and Manyani in Taita Taveta.
Stories of Luvai's ruthlessness and torture are spread across Ukambani and anyone who spent time in those detention camps.
Other hardcores were sent to Kathonzweni, Kaasya and Thwake detentions camps that were opened in February 1955 following the government's 'segregation' policy meant to separate the Akamba from the Agikuyu. This was part of the strategies that would later in the year lead to the decline of Mau Mau in Ukambani.
Today, the Lukenya Gateway currently stands near the then Lukenya Hill Mau Mau prison while Kathonzweni Boys' High School is the former Kathonzweni detention camp.
Part of JKIA, then called Embakasi Airport, was constructed with free labour from the Lukenya Hill detainees.
Luvai died in 1981 and his wife early this year.
Fed up with the rising Mau Mau, the British hatched a plot to crack down the rebellion following its spread to interior Ukambani and a number of home guards leaving the colonial collaboration. Ukambani was considered loyal to the colonialists and had the biggest membership in the Kings African Rifles (KAR or Kea is it was called in Ukambani) followed by the Luo.
As such, the colonial administrators had to find a way to contain Mau Mau oathing in Ukambani and another local oathing (Kuweta na Kwika) that was growing in rebellion to the British, especially in areas along the Nairobi-Mombasa railway.
A Senior District Administrator named Hardy was given the task to contain Mau Mau infiltration in Ukambani and since he was considered a 'passive administrator' - and is said to have liked it that way - he chose a local white farmer in Athi River who had joined the Kenya Police Reservists to handle the matter. That farmer was Louvaine Tom Dunman.
Dunman was well suited for the role. He had lived in Ukambani for a number of years, he had married a Kamba lady named Naomi, he spoke Kikamba fluently and was ruthless as they come. The Akamba called him 'Luvai' from Louvaine and they detested him.
Dunman took charge of the detention camp situated at Lukenya Hill which was designated for Akamba who were suspected of being members of, or assisting the Mau Mau. He is said to have severally driven a land rover with detainees into the forest and returned alone with the detainees never to be seen.
Luvai or Dunman was a name greatly associated with fear throughout the emergency period, owing to his ruthlessness. Several detainees would later confess to have been castrated by Luvai while in detention while those who were thought a nuisance transferred to other detention camps especially Kagio in Kirinyaga, Kandongu in Embu and Manyani in Taita Taveta.
Stories of Luvai's ruthlessness and torture are spread across Ukambani and anyone who spent time in those detention camps.
Other hardcores were sent to Kathonzweni, Kaasya and Thwake detentions camps that were opened in February 1955 following the government's 'segregation' policy meant to separate the Akamba from the Agikuyu. This was part of the strategies that would later in the year lead to the decline of Mau Mau in Ukambani.
Today, the Lukenya Gateway currently stands near the then Lukenya Hill Mau Mau prison while Kathonzweni Boys' High School is the former Kathonzweni detention camp.
Part of JKIA, then called Embakasi Airport, was constructed with free labour from the Lukenya Hill detainees.
Luvai died in 1981 and his wife early this year.
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