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Can't Pay, Won't Pay, British Govt Says

The East African Standard (Nairobi)
NEWS
June 4, 2003
Posted to the web June 4, 2003

By Salome Kyuli
Nairobi
The British government is under no obligation to compensate Mau Mau freedom
fighters for alleged acts of inhumanity committed against them during the
struggle for independence.
Through the Head of Public and Press Affairs Mark Norton, the British
Government, argued that the human rights violations took place after
independence and in full knowledge of the Kenyan Government.
Norton said that instead, the Kenyan Government should be held responsible to
compensate the victims since the violations occurred after the functioning
government of Kenya called for a state of emergency in the country.
He blamed the Kenyan Government for failing to institute measures to suppress
the abuses at the time adding that the British soldiers were just executing
orders following a request from the Kenyan pre-colonial government.
The compensation issue was raised by Eldoret-based Centre for Human Rights and
Democracy following a British Broadcasting Corporation documentary Kenya: White
Terror aired on KTN last Sunday.

   

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