Rawson Macharia

Rawson Mbugua Macharia (an haife shi a shekara ta 1911, d. 5 ga watan Disamba 2008, mai shekaru 96The Standard, 11 December 2008: ) shi ne babban mashaidi mai gabatar da ƙara a shari'ar Kapenguria Six, wanda ya haɗa da Jomo Kenyatta.

Kenyatta da sauran 'yan kishin ƙasa ne na Kenya da aka ɗaure saboda gudanar da Mau Mau.The Standard, 11 December 2008: 

 Shaida 
Waɗanda ake tuhuma shida, Kenyatta, Bildad Kaggia, Kung'u Karumba, Fred Kubai, Paul Ngei da Achieng Oneko an kama su a shekarar 1952, kuma an yi musu shari'a a shekarun 1952-53 saboda laifin gudanar da Mau Mau, sannan wata haramtacciyar al'umma.The Standard, 11 December 2008: 

Macharia ya shaida a wannan hanya cewa a cikin watan Maris 1950, ya ɗauki ɗaya daga cikin rantsuwar Mau Mau a hannun Kenyatta. Ya kuma yi ikirarin cewa rantsuwar ta haɗa da tuɓewa tsirara da shan jinin mutane.See p. 1 of The Roots of the Fig Tree  Abubuwan da Macharia ya gabatar sune kawai shaidar alaƙa kai tsaye tsakanin Kenyatta da Mau Mau da aka gabatar a gaban kotu. An haramta Mau Mau a watan Agustan 1950, don haka, ko da ikirarin gaskiya ne, ba a sani ba cewa sun tabbatar da kasancewar Kenyatta, balle gudanarwa, na haramtacciyar ƙungiya.The Standard, 11 December 2008: 

 Shaidar karya 
A cikin shekarar 1958, Macharia ya rantse da wata takardar shaidar cewa shi da wasu mutane shida sun yi rantsuwar kansu a shari'ar. Shaidu masu gabatar da ƙara, ya ce an horar da su, kuma an ba wa wasu daga cikinsu tukuicin filaye a gaɓar teku. Shi da kansa ya ba shi kwas ɗin jami’a a fannin gudanar da harkokin gwamnati a Jami’ar Exeter, da kariya ga iyalinsa, da kuma aikin gwamnati a lokacin da ya dawo daga BirtaniyaSee Lonsdale 2000: 235  Wasika ce ta goyi bayan takardar, da alama daga Babban Lauyan Gwamnati a lokacin shari’ar, wanda ke bayyana fa’idojin da aka yi alkawari."The Roots of the Fig Tree", 16 Mar 1959, TIME magazine 

Don haka ya zama cewa an samu hukuncin ne ta hanyar wata shari’a da gwamnati ta tabbatar da cewa an horar da shaidun (domin a ƙara ba su damar dagewa a yi musu tambayoyi na gaba), cewa an biya su (a matsayin diyyar asarar rayuwa), kuma Macharia ya yi karya a shari’ar kuma ya samu alawus.See Lonsdale 2000: 235–6

Daga baya Macharia ya rubuta littafi: Gaskiya game da Gwajin Jomo Kenyatta.The Standard, 11 December 2008: 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Macharia ya auri Edith Mwihaki, wanda ya rasu a shekarar 1999. ƙauyensu Muthurumbi a gundumar Thika, kusa da garin Gatundu. Gidansa yana kilomita biyar ne kawai daga gidan Kenyatta.The Standard, 11 December 2008:  

Macharia ya mutu bayan da wani mai babur ya buge shi yayin da yake tsallaka titin Thika a ranar 5 ga watan Disamba 2008.Man who gave false testimony against Kenyatta dies in crash

 Manazarta 

 Littafi Mai Tsarki 

 Ba a san shi ba (16 Maris 1959) Tushen Bishiyar ɓaure, Mujallar Time .
 John Lonsdale (2000) "Gwajin Kenyatta: Yin da Karya Dan Kishin Ƙasar Afirka", a cikin The Moral World of Law, Peter Coss (ed), Jami'ar Cambridge University Press. 
 Rawson Macharia (1991), Gaskiya game da Gwajin Jomo Kenyatta, Nairobi: Longman. ISBN 9966-49-823-0
 Oliver Musembi (2008). Mutumin da ya ba da shaidar karya a kan Kenyatta ya mutu a hatsarin  . Daily Nation, 9. xii. 08.
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1911