Kenyan heroes/ Mashujaa

1. Wangari Maathai- Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) was the founder of the Green Belt Movement and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

2. Mekatilili Wa Menza-- Mekatilili (1860s-1924) was a Kenyan independence activist who led the Giriama people against the colonial administration of Kenya between 1912 and 1915.Mekatilili's motivation for resistance was led by economic and social-cultural concerns. Mekatilili wanted to prevent any Giriama laborers from being employed by the colonial authorities, in order to ensure that they would remain in Giriama territory and only contribute to the well-being of Giriama people.

3. Wangu Wa Makeri The fiery chieftess of the Kikuyu Wangu wa Makeri was was born around 1856 in Murang'a. She was the only female Kikuyu headman during the period, who later resigned following a scandal in which she engaged in a Kibata dance.

4. Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (31 October 1920 – 18 February 1957)
was the senior military and spiritual leader of the Mau Mau Uprising. Widely regarded as a revolutionary leader, he led the armed military struggle against the British colonial regime in Kenya in the 1950s until his capture in 1956 and execution in 1957.

5. Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya (15 August 1930 – 5 July 1969) was a Kenyan trade unionist, educator, Pan-Africanist, author, independence activist, and statesman. He was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Kenya.

6. Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya (15 August 1930 – 5 July 1969) was a Kenyan trade unionist, educator, Pan-Africanist, author, independence activist, and statesman. He was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Kenya.Mboya's intelligence, charm, leadership, and oratory skills won him admiration from all over the world.[1] He gave speeches, participated in debates and interviews across the world in favour of Kenya's independence from British colonial rule. He also spoke at several rallies in the goodwill of the Civil Rights movement in the United States.

7.Jomo Kenyatta CGH ( 1897 – 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist, revolutionary, political theorist, cultural theorist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. He was the country's first president and played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independent republic.