Kenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities

Date: 22 Mar 1953
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

2,500 men are arrested in Kenya as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities against the Mau Mau. Four days later, close to 100 people were killed and scores of others injured at Lari in Kiambu region when Mau Mau freedom fighters attacked the area. The attack came to be known as Lari massacre. Among the casualties was chief Luka from Lari, who was known for ill-treating his own people as an indication of his loyalty to the British government.

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01South African History Online, ‘Scores of people including a Chief are killed in Lari, Kenya following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 14 February 2013)
02Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African History: 22 March’, from About African History, [online], available at https://africanhistory.about.com (Accessed: 13 February 2013)
03Bilow, A. ‘Mau Mau (1952-1960)’, from Black Past, [online], available at www.blackpast.org (Accessed: 14 February 2013)

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South African History Online. (2013, March 14). Kenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095292

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"Kenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities." South African History Online, 14 Mar. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095292. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Kenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities." South African History Online. March 14, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095292.