Dominated Control by the Kikuyu people , Meru people and Embu people , the KLFA also comprised Cause_to_be_included units of Kamba and Maasai peoples who fought Hostile_encounter against the white European colonist-settlers in Kenya , the British Army , and the local Kenya Regiment ( British colonists , local auxiliary militia , and pro–British Kikuyu people ) .

Dominated Control by the Kikuyu people , Meru people and Embu people , the KLFA also comprised Cause_to_be_included units of Kamba and Maasai peoples who fought Hostile_encounter against the white European colonist-settlers in Kenya , the British Army , and the local Kenya Regiment ( British colonists , local auxiliary militia , and pro–British Kikuyu people ) .

The Mau Mau Uprising created Creating a rift between the European colonial community in Kenya and the metropole , and also resulted in Causation violent divisions within the Kikuyu community .

Wavell was leading a patrol Patrolling of British troops and African police pursuing Aiming from Mau Mau who had beheaded Killing a loyal Kikuyu tribesman in the Thaika area .