The British government accepts that colonial forces in Kenya tortured and abused detainees during the Mau Mau rebellion, the High Court has heard.
Three victims of torture during Kenya's 1950s Mau Mau uprising have given evidence to the high court in their bid to win damages.
Last
year, the elderly Kenyans won a ruling from Mr Justice McCombe that
they had "arguable cases in law", but they are now facing the British
government's claim that the actions were brought outside the legal time
limit.
In the years before independence
people were beaten, their land was stolen, women were raped, men were
castrated and their children were killed”
Wambugu Wa NyingiKenyan, Mau Mau claimant
Their lawyers say it is an exceptional case in which the judge should exercise his discretion in their favour.
Wambugu
Wa Nyingi, Paulo Muoka Nzili and Jane Muthoni Mara spoke through
interpreters as they were questioned on Tuesday about statements they
had provided.
Each was told in turn by Guy Mansfield QC for the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) that the government did not
dispute they suffered "torture and other ill-treatment at the hands of
the colonial administration".
In his written evidence, Nyingi, 84,
a father of 16 who..
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