Following the British Government's refusal to resolve historical injustices meted out on Kenyan communities, the United Nations (UN) has now asked President Kenyatta's administration to share crucial information on the matter.
The UN Human Rights Council wants to know whether the colonisers had offered any form of reparation, psychological and physical rehabilitation to the Talai and Kipsigis communities who suffered human rights violations and forceful evictions a century ago.
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The letter addressed to President Kenyatta follows a petition filed before the UN in Geneva by Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony through the Queens Counsel Rodney Dixon and lawyer Kimutai Bosek.
"...[W]e would be grateful for your observations on the following matters: Please indicate if financial support has been granted by the government of the UK, of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and/or the multinational tea companies to provide social, medical and educational services, infrastructure and essential utilities to alleviate or compensate for the victims' suffering, as recommended by the National Land Commission," reads the dispatch from six special rapporteurs.
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They are Fabian Salvioli, special rapporteur on promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-occurrence, Balakrishnan Rajagopal (adequate housing), Jose Francisco Cali Tzay (rights of indigenous people),...
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