English: A statue of Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (31 October 1920 – 18 February 1957), born Kimathi wa Waciuri. He was the senior military and spiritual leader of the Mau Mau Uprising - a movement that led to the eventual independence of The Republic of Kenya. Widely regarded as a revolutionary leader, he led the armed military struggle against the British colonial regime in Kenya in the 1950s until his execution in 1957. This statue lies in Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri, Kenya which was named after him and was chartered to become a fully fledged public university on 14 December 2012.