The cutting edge

Instead of empathising with the men nursing their injuries after being battered by their wives in Nyeri, Patrick Mbataru is thinking of establishing a martial arts college.

“The men need training in judo, karate, taekwondo, wrestling, and boxing for self-defence and whoever comes up with the most appealing name will soon be in a money-minting business,” says Patrick, whose contact is mataru2002@yahoo.com.

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REAL MEANING. Writing from his base in Gothenburg, Sweden, Hussein Maalim says he still believes there is more to the meaning of Mau Mau, the name of the freedom movement against British colonial rule in Kenya, than what he heard some years back.

It was said to be an acronym coined from the slogan, Mzungu Aende Ulaya Mwafrika Apate Uhuru. “Does anybody have a different explanation on this rallying call of the freedom fighters?” asks Hussein, whose contact is maalim3@hotmail.com.

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