Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua now wants Mama Ngina Kenyatta to donate some of her vast lands to Mau Mau survivors.
In a video seen by The Star, the DP said the Kenyatta family had not helped the Mau Mau fighters for over 60 years, but it is not too late to do it.
"I am happy to hear some people saying they are planning on how to help the Mau Mau and even if they have not helped them in over 60 years, it is not late. The Mau Mau and their children are suffering and all we are asking is you help them in meaningful ways," Gachagua said.
He added, "All the land they took that belonged to Mau Mau, they should give even half of it to the Mau Mau and their children, including me. That's all we are asking for."
Gachagua said now that they claim to be concerned about the Mau Mau, giving them land is the best thing Mama Ngina can do.
He noted that most of the land owned by the country's founding family lays bare and some of it is occupied by wild animals.
He offered to mobilise the Mau Mau families and their children for a meeting with them.
The deputy president's remarks come a day after Mama Ngina warned against what she termed as imposter freedom fighters wrongly taking credit at the expense of the real warriors who ushered in Kenya's independence.
The country's founding First Lady insisted that the very people who fought for Kenya's freedom from the jaws of the colonial masters have not been properly recognised.
In what was seen as a veiled swipe at Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, Mama Ngina asked Kenyans to be vigilant and jealously guard the gains achieved by those who sacrificed a lot for the country.
Mama Ngina spoke at her Muthaiga home on Thursday when Field Marshal Muthoni Kirima paid her a visit for a Thanksgiving ceremony.
During the short ceremony, Mama Ngina received gifts from the family of the Field Marshal that included goats, a pot, a three-legged stool, a traditional tray, a kiondo (African basket) and food from her shamba.
