The British killed thousands during the Mau Mau rebellion

The sites include a fig tree which the fighters used as a post office.

They hid letters and requests for supplies in a hollow in the trunk.

There is also a cave where the fighters lived, a mass grave and also a trench where the renowned Mau Mau leader, Dedan Kimathi, was shot, wounded and finally captured.

Poverty

After independence many of the Mau Mau fighters returned from the forests and mountains to find themselves much poorer than before.

Kenya's first president was jailed in the 1950s as a Mau Mau leader

Many had lost their land and as the country moved forward under its new political leaders, the Mau Mau felt they were quickly forgotten.

The national museums of Kenya, which will be responsible for the upkeep of the new national monuments, says it is high time that Kenya remembered what they sacrificed and achieved.

National Museums Director-General George Abungu says that people must be brought together to share their common history to enable them to move forward.

"Kenya is made up of many languages and ethnic groups. What we are calling for is to recognise that there are people who fought for a united country and that our children should also know that this is something that was bought by blood and that it is only through diversity and unity that we can have a nation."

But the creation of the monuments has not been welcomed by everyone who think it is a government ploy to win votes from a section of the population which generally supports the opposition.