One of the alleged Mau Mau leaders, Jomo Kenyatta, became the first president of the new nation. Historians, social commentators, and surviving resistance leaders continue to debate the role of the Mau Mau in gaining Kenyan independence.
the capture of rebel leader field marshal desan kimathi on 21 October 1956 signalled thr defeat of the Mau Mau.However the rebellion sırvived until after Kenya's independence from Britain,driven mainly by the Meru units led by Field Marshal Musa Mwariama and General Baimungi
