 Kiambu Mafia

The Kiambu Mafia is a pejorative term referring to a small group of the Kikuyu people primarily from the then Kiambu District of Kenya (now Kiambu and a portion of Thika District) who benefited financially and politically from Kenya African National Union (KANU) and Kenyatta taking power at independence.These individuals earned wealth primarily in parcels of land "awarded" or “sold” to them by the government.