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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
May Bulman and Nadine White

‘It’s a time bomb’: Growing anger among Kenyans as Britain refuses to redress colonial landgrab

Nikita Bernardi

When Paul Chepkwony was sworn in as governor of the Kenyan county of Kericho in 2013, he knew it meant embarking on a huge mission.

The Kipsigis and Talai peoples saw his election as an opportunity to finally right the wrongs of a brutal colonial past, which saw their clans ruthlessly evicted by the British army between 1895 and 1963 to make way for profitable tea plantations owned by settlers.

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