UN criticises UK for failure to redress colonial-era landgrab in Kenya

Two clans brutally evicted to make way for tea plantations owned by white settlers are seeking reparations for rights violations

The British government has been criticised by the UN for a lack of resolution over colonial-era crimes committed in Kenya.

Six UN special rapporteurs have written to the government expressing concern over its failure to provide “effective remedies and reparations” to the Kipsigis and Talai peoples.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3rO5dgS