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Kipsigi and Dalai communities have filed complaints against British authorities at the European Court of Human Rights. They seek redress for the mistreatment and eviction from their land in the early 20th century for the benefit of the tea plantations in the west of the country. This contribution to European justice follows several steps with the UN and the British Crown.
Kipsigi and Dalai communities are moving up a gear by approaching the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
In 2019, 100,000 of their descendants petitioned the United Nations, whose experts condemned British authorities’ failure to admit responsibility for the rapes, murders and arson that allowed the settlers to take over the western part of Kericho. Kenya’s prime land for growing tea is still exported today by major multinationals from Unilever to Lipton.
Last May, victims’ representatives wrote to Prince William. In vain, according to their lawyer, he regrets: ” The British Government unfortunately avoided any chance of redress. »
The UK has agreed to reparations for colonial crimes only once: £14m in 2013 to 5,000 Kenyans who were tortured during the Mau-Mau rebellion in the 1950s. A compromise solution to avoid investigation.
Kipsiki and Dalai’s new procedure at the European Court of Human Rights could take years.
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