UK announces payments to mistreated Kenyans
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The British government Thursday announced compensation for Kenyans abused during a rebellion against colonial rule in the 1950s. Foreign Secretary William Hague told the House of Commons more than 5,200 Kenyans will be compensated in a package worth nearly 20 million pounds ($31 million).
Hague said the government recognizes that Kenyans were subject to torture and ill treatment that the "British government sincerely regrets." He said the British government understands pain felt by Kenyans who were involved. Several thousand now-elderly Kenyans say they were beaten and sexually assaulted by officers acting for the British administration. (AP)
