The dark secrets of the British empire that maimed, killed and overtaxed Kenyans

British soldiers during Mau Mau crackdown in the 1950s. [File, Standard]

In the eyes of collaborators, colonialists were benevolent and were keen to improve the lives of Africans.

But the British colonialists' stay in Kenya marked one of the darkest phases in the country's history where many were maimed, incarcerated, killed and forced to work.