koinange. he worked with the british during colonial rule and is well—known in kenya for playing a part in the country's independence. so, was it difficult for you to be the fifth wife? leonards koinange leona rds koinange sixth child, and he is my great uncle. he lives next door to my great—grandmother and was a child during the 1950s when his father, senior chief koinange, was detained during the mau mau uprising. the mau mau uprising was a revolt against european ownership of land. mau mau suspects were being checked prior to interrogation. all were members of the tribe which has suffered most from the mau mau. a state of emergency was declared in kenya, and although it eventually lead to the end of petition rule, it was a tough time for my great grandparents and my uncle leonard. —— end of british rule. in 1952 my father was taken into detention. can you had been declared under emergency and he was detained for the next seven years. —— kenya had been declared. we used to be children of a chief. we became beggars. we were being helped by those people we would have called poon those people we would have called poor. during the mau mau comment it was not only affecting our family, it was affecting othe