Kenya\u2019s Mau Mau veterans of the famous Mau Mau rebellion against British colonialists are back in the media where government of Kenya insists on fully supporting the ex-fighters\u2019 case against Imperial Britain in a case of human rights violations.<\/p>\n
Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga said there is total commitment in Cabinet to ensure the freedom fighters and their families get justice.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cthe atrocities committed on the Mau Mau cannot be passed to Kenya.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThe perpetrators were part and parcel of the colonial system. The responsibility for their actions cannot therefore be shifted to the independence government which was essentially part and parcel of the liberation struggle,\u201d Odinga said. <\/p>\n
Odinga made the comments when he met Daniel Leader, one of the lawyers representing Mau Mau veterans, in London Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is commitment in the government, from the President down, to ensure this case is settled once and for all.<\/p>\n
“The wheels of bureaucracy may be slower than those of justice, but the will is there and we will fully support the Mau Mau case,” he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Leader briefed the PM on the status of the case, presented him with a summary of the judgements so far, and letters of support for the Mau Mau from prominent members of the international community, who have thrown their weight behind the freedom fighters.<\/p>\n
Among those who have supported the Mau Mau case is Bishop Desmond Tutu and former South Africa First Lady Graca Machel.<\/p>\n
The PM told the Mau Mau lawyers that he fully appreciates their volunteer work on behalf of the Kenyan nationalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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