  the gikuyu, embu, and meru association (gema), was an organisation in kenya created to advance the social and political needs of peoples descended from the mythological figure mumbi: the gikuyu, embu, and meru peoples. it was founded in 1971, with an economic arm, gema holdings.kenya: chapter 4b. the legal system-countries http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1p1-28385081.html?refid=gg_x_02 gema was formally registered by attorney general charles njonjo by the instructions of president jomo kenyatta. njonjo himself became opponent of the group and in 1976 charged some of its members, including kihika kimani and njenga karume, with treason: the order was soon rejected by the president, jomo kenyatta.daily nation, 4 december 2009: the mid-air plot to block moi succession â and the day mzee had the last laugh other prominent gema figures included njoroge mungai. gema was formally banned in 1980, although it is believed to have continued to function as agriculutural and industrial holdings ltd.the rise of a party-state in kenya http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=ft9h4nb6fv&doc.view=content&chunk.id=d0e1025&toc.depth=1& anchor.id=0&brand=ucpress during its existence in the 1970s it was widely associated with moves to change the constitution of kenya in an attempt to prevent the, then vice-president, daniel arap moi, gaining automatic succession if the president became indisposed. since 2003 there have been several attempts to revive the organisation, with two particular groups, mega and transcentury, widely perceived to have roots in the old gema association. current chairman is retired bishop lawi imathiu. ==etymology== a cross-section of kikuyu politicians with their roots in kiambu county launched gema in the late 1960s when opposition to president kenyatta's rule peaked especially from luo nyanza following the 1966 falling out with his former ally and vice-president jaramogi odinga oginga. the subsequent assassination of then economic planning minister and kanu secretary general tom mboya in 1969 worsened matters. in the backlash that resulted from the two events, central kenya elite, including njenga karume and former nakuru north mp kihika kimani, former defence minister njoroge mungai, former state minister mbiyu koinange, and the president's nephew ngengi muigai felt there was need for a central association bringing together the fractious kikuyu. gema was officially registered in 1971, with an economic arm called gema holdings that soon set out to acquire vast real estate, including an expansive farm at k
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