Kenya
Leigh Day & Co has represented Kenyans
in cases against the British Army involving uncleared bombs and alleged rape.
Over the past couple of years we have been instructed by thousands of Kenyan citizens to pursue legal actions against the British government on their behalf.
Kenya was a former British colony which gained independence in 1963. The run-up to independence was bloody and unfortunately it appears that Britain’s legacy is one of torture, rape and a disregard for the people independence left behind.
News
Leigh Day & Co, who represent four elderly Kenyans who were victims of torture at the hands of British officials during the Kenya Emergency in the 1950s and 1960s, have welcomed the announcement by the Foreign Office that the first batch of thousands of ‘lost’ colonial era files have been made public.
High Court rejects Government's attempt to strike out Kenyan torture claims
First official documents released relating to Mau Mau treatment
UK newspaper looks at Kenyan claims case
The Kenyan Government has called on Britain to admit legal liability in Mau Mau claims
A number of Kenyan citizens allege that they were tortured by the British in Kenya
A Kenyan tribesman who lost his left forearm and the sight in his left eye when a piece of live ammunition exploded, received enough compensation to build a house for himself and to set up his own taxi business.
Hundreds of Kenyans, including children, have been killed or seriously injured by unexploded bombs left on practice ranges by the British Army.