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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent

Police chief quit after abuse by British colonial troops in Kenya covered up

British police guarding suspected villagers while their huts are searched for evidence  they participated in the Mau Mau Rebellion of 1952
British police guard villagers in Kenya in 1953 while their huts are searched for evidence they participated in the Mau Mau rebellion. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive

A former police commissioner resigned after attempts to expose rape and torture by British colonial forces in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising were covered up, a documentary shows.

During the 1950s, Britain fought a war in Kenya against the Mau Mau, a movement that fought for independence from colonial rule. The movement was brutally suppressed through the use of widespread detention camps and systemic violence.

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