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.
It marked the start of the disruption of the African way of life, the death of local industries and exploitation of natural resources as the colonialists tightened their grip on the country.
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