Mau Mau Uprising

The Mau Mau Uprising (also known as the Mau Mau Revolt, Mau Mau Rebellion and the Kenya Emergency) was a military conflict that took place in Kenya between 1952 and 1960. It involved a Kikuyu -dominated anti-colonial group called Mau Mau and elements of the British Army, auxiliaries and anti-Mau Mau Kikuyu.

The movement was violently repressed and failed to capture widespread public support. The capture of rebel leader Dedan Kimathi on Oct 21, 1956 signaled the ultimate defeat of the Mau Mau uprising, and essentially ended the British military campaign.

Mau Mau Uprising  helped set the stage for Kenyan independence in December 1963

Mau Mau torture case: Kenyans win ruling against UK

High court gives elderly Kenyans permission to claim damages from British government for abuses suffered during rebellion.

Three elderly Kenyans have won an historic legal victory over the British government after the high court gave them permission to claim damages for the grave abuses they suffered when imprisoned during the Mau Mau rebellion.

The court rejected the government's claim that too much time had elapsed for there to be a fair trial, just as it threw out an earlier claim that the Mau Mau veterans should be suing the Kenyan government, not the British.

An estimated 2,000 other Kenyans – the survivors of more than 70,000 Mau Mau suspects who were imprisoned during the seven-year insurgency in the 1950s – are now expected to come forward to sue the British government.