Nding’uri is Mariamu’s oldest son, Karega’s much older brother, and Abdulla’s friend. During the struggle for Kenyan independence from British colonial rule, he fights for freedom alongside Abdulla. At this time, Nding’uri is dating Kimeria’s sister. Kimeria, working for the British, lures Nding’uri and Abdulla into a trap by offering to sell them weapons and tipping off the colonial police about the sale. Nding’uri is caught and executed; Abdulla escapes and vows revenge. Ezekieli believes that Nding’uri was involved in a group of freedom fighters cutting off Ezekieli’s ear after he refused to swear a loyalty oath to them during the independence struggle. Partly for this reason, he later threatens to disown his daughter Mukami unless she ends her romance with Nding’uri’s much younger brother Karega. The novel implies that this threat precipitates Mukami’s death by suicide.