The Dedan Kimathi Charter (1953)
We demand African self-government in Kenya
We demand an African Magistrate's Court in full authority which will judge lawfully and righteously. We demand to know who hands over the money from settlers and where the money goes.
We demand authorities of gold, markets, roads, co-operative societies, and auctions to be in the hands of Africans.
We claim the full authority of making firearms and various kinds of weapons.
We demand the European foreigners, rascals, troops and police should be withdrawn from the Kenya African Reserves.
We reject imprisonment over Mau Mau.
We reject criminal or death cases to be judged by foreigners.
We condemn the dropping of poisons from the air as the colonialists in Kenya are doing to the African population.
We reject foreign laws in Kenya, for they were not made for Kenya and are not righteous.
We reject being called terrorists when demanding our people's rights.
We demand a stop to the raping by foreigners of our wives and daughters; also female imprisonment and carrying of passes.
We reject the foreign Attorney-General in Kenya, for he deals with appearance rather than righteousness. We reject colonization of Kenya, for in that state we are turned into slaves and beggars.