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Is Britain writing Mau Mau's final chapter?

The construction of a Mau Mau monument by Britain in the Freedom Corner at Uhuru Park leaves more questions asked than answered. How and why could Britain ever do so at this time; the construction being part of a private Sh1.8 billion compensation package, with about 5,000 Mau Mau combatants who fought Britain for freedom in Kenya, long before any other country did so for African freedom.

The Mau Mau had found their way to the Royal Courts of Justice in London at their cost, pursuing the matter of reparations and reconciliation, begging the question: where is the Kenyan government in all this? Isn’t international relations, especially with the former colonial power in Kenya, a subject of diplomacy and a treaty? But this is not the case in Kenya.

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