[4] In 1948, she met her husband Mutungi Gichuhi, who was a young cook working at the same settler farm as she did.
After their wedding, the couple moved to the edge of Nyeri town and started their own life; Muthoni became a trader and her husband became a cook.
This was extremely hard on her because at this time her husband didn’t take the oath and she felt guilty lying to him.
Kirima started her time in the forest as a non-combatant; like most of the other women, she just cooked and looked after the soldiers while getting them ammunition and grenades from the market.
She was a dangerous woman; even men feared her.”[citation needed] Muthoni was one of the female leaders of the movement and she rose up the ranks quickly.
She and her husband had no money or capital and although they were part of the people who fought for independence, they did not get any of the benefits of the new government.
People forgot and didn’t care about them, so they had to struggle begging for food on the street and sleeping next to toilets, until Muthoni was fed up with the situation.
She went right to the Mayor of Nairobi, and according to her biography, this is what happened next: “When I walked to his office, I didn’t first talk to him, I just lay down on the mat.
[citation needed] In 1990, she served as a nominated councilor in Nyeri County Council, central Kenya.
[2] "Kenya is my only child," she told the Daily Nation in an interview in 2012, referencing a miscarriage[9] during her time in the forest which left her unable to conceive.
[5] Ngina Kenyatta led the celebration, as the two reminisced about their youthful life, friendship and freedom fighting.
The freedom fighter addressed the issues on Monday, 4 April, two days after "independence".
Muthoni underlined that she resorted to shaving her head to signify that Kenya had finally gained full independence.
Mama Ngina, speaking after shaving the freedom fighter, stated that she was highly honoured to be selected to cut the dreadlocks.