Tues 9th August 2022, Election Day
In 1952, after decades of economic marginalization, dispossession, and violence at the hands of the British regime, a group of Kenyan militants, known as the Mau Mau rebels, launched an anti-colonial uprising against the white settlers and African loyalists in their country. This uprising was a response to decades of British colonizers seizing more and more land from the Kenyan inhabitants to give to white settlers, forcing the locals into low-wage labor on the settler farms. Nationalist organizations, such as the Kenyan African Union, often appealed to British authorities for land reform and equal political rights to no avail.By October of that year, the British moved military reinforcements into Kenya to put down this uprising. They launched a brutal counterinsurgency campaign, and threw over a hundred thousand Kikuyu, Neru and Embu Kenyans into detention camps where they were subject to interrogation, torture, beatings and sexual abuse. By 1960, according to the Kenyan Human Rights Commission, the British had killed, maimed or tortured 90,000 Kenyans, and detained 160,000 in camps. Though the Mau Mau were defeated, the rebellion played a key role in achieving Kenyan independence in 1963.Today, the Talai and Kipsigis tribes in Kenya are seeking $200 billion in reparations from the British government as restitution for land theft and colonial crimes.
During Meinertzhagen's assignment to Africa, frequent native "risings and rebellions" occurred. By 1903 KAR's retaliatory ventures focused on confiscation of livestock, a highly effective form of punishment, and "the KAR had become accomplished cattle-rustlers." One such punitive expedition was commanded by a Captain F.A. Dickinson of the 3rd KAR with participation by Meinertzhagen, where more than 11,000 cattle were captured at the cost of 3 men killed and 33 wounded. The body count on the African side was estimated at 1,500 from the Kikuyu and Embu tribes.[13]In the Kenya Highlands in 1905, Meinertzhagen ended the anti-colonial Nandi Resistance, by killing its leader, the Nandi Orkoiyot (spiritual leader) Koitalel Arap Samoei. He arranged a meeting to negotiate by Koitalel's home on 19 October 1905, at which he planned to kill him. Meinertzhagen shot Koitalel at point black range while shaking his hand and his men killed Koitatlel's accompanying entourage, including most of his advisors. It is claimed that he also decapitated Koitalel and sent some of Koitalel's body parts to England. Initially, he had been able to orchestrate a cover-up and was commended for the inciden
she is dying and should be dead soon I have conflicted feelings about the Queen. As a person she appears to be a very nice lady but the kingdom she reigns over is one the most terrible institutions this world have ever had. the colonization of Kenya by this kingdom cause irreparable damage to the Kenyan society. the seeds of hatred planted by the British kingdom continues to sprout and cause a lot of suffering in kenyaAs a human to the other I wish her a peaceful painless end to her life. May you be remembered for the many good things you did for your country and the world. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62834633https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62834633
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