An estimated 160,000 people were detained during the insurgency
A compensation claim against the British government brought by veterans of Kenya's independence struggle has been lodged at the High Court.
Three men and two women have launched the case over alleged human rights abuses in the 1950s and 1960s.
Thousands of people were rounded up and forced into camps by the British during what was known as the Mau Mau uprising.
The UK says the claim is not valid because of the amount of time since the abuses were alleged to have happened.
The five Kenyans - aged in their 70s and 80s - are the lead claimants in the reparations case.
'Beaten and castrated'
They want the UK government to acknowledge responsibility for atrocities committed by local guards in camps administered by the British in the pre-independence era.
Their lawyer, Martyn Day, said he believed his clients had "a good chance of success".
He added that the British government of the time had given "a blank cheque" to camp guards in their attempts to force people to abandon the resistance movement.
Mr Day told a news conference: "We want the British government to say what we did was so wrong back in the 1950s.
Not a day goes by when I do not think of these terrible events ~ Ndiku Mutua
The government has indicated that the claim is invalid because of the time that has passed and that any liability rested with the Kenyan authorities after independence in 1963.
Historians say the Mau Mau movement helped Kenya achieve independence.
But their actions have also been blamed for crimes against white farmers and bloody clashes with British forces throughout the 1950s.
The armed movement began in central Kenya during the with the aim of getting back land seized by British colonial authorities.
Veterans of the war say they suffered barbaric treatment, including torture, as the British suppressed the rebellion.
The Kenya Human Rights Commission has said 90,000 Kenyans were executed, tortured or maimed during the crackdown, and 160,000 were detained in appalling conditions.
The Five Claimants quote:
I was arrested in 1954, severely beaten and castrated with pliers, at Lukenya detention centre.
"I live with the physical and mental scars of what happened to me.
"Not a day goes by when I do not think of these terrible events. At last I can tell my story and at last I can hope for justice from the British courts." ~ Mr Ndiku Mutua.
I was Castrated ~ Paulo Nzili.
I was tied upside down by the feet and beaten. ~ Wambugu Wa Nyingi
I was Sexually assaulted ~ Jane Muthoni Mara.
I too was Sexually assaulted ~ Susan Ngondi.
Hence, If it was a WWII German soldier, the British would pursue him to the end with war allegations and ensuring that the “So Called” culprit was “tried and charged.”
Why two sets of international laws? ~ KSA
Urussi yatamka kushirikiana kuhusu swala la mashariki ya Katu
Wapigania uhuru kuishitaki Uingereza.
London,Uingereza - 23/06/09.Wapigania uhuru watano wa Kenya ambao walikuwa kundi la Maumau, wamefungua kesi ya mashitaka zidi ya serikali ya Uingereza kwa kuvunja haki za binadamu wakati wa utawala wa kikoloni wa Uingereza ulipo kuwa ukitawala miaka ya 60 kurudi nyuma.
Wapigania uhuru hao ambao wanamiaka kati ta 70 na 80. wanadai ya kuwa serikali ya Uingereza inatakiwa kulipa fidia na kuomba msamahaa kwa matendo yaliyo fanywa na Uingereza wakati Inaitawala Kenya.
Msemaji wa wapigania uhuru hao, Gitu wa Kahengeri, alisema wanafanya hivyo kwa ajili ya wapigania uhuru wenzao, wa kundi la Mau mau ambao walipoteza maisha kwa ajili mya kutetea uhuru.
Hata hivyo serikali ya Uingereza, imedai ya hali halisi ilipewa serikali ya Kenya baada ya kupata uhuru.
Picha hapo juu, ni ya bendera ya Kenya, nchi ambayo ilikuwa chini ya utawala wa Uingereza hadi ilipo pata uhuru 1963.
Picha pili, wanaonekana, baadhi ya wapigania uhuru wa mau mau wakiwa chini ya ulinzi, ambao wengi wao walipoteza maisha wakati wa kutetea uhuru wa nchi yao.
Likini Waki Kua Wao, Wanam fuata paka leo. Waki kutana yule ambao ali kua na Jesi wa Germany wakati wa WWII, watha'm fuata ata leo. ~ KSA
Your views: Kenya Mau Mau case
"What did we do in the period just after the Second World War, how many atrocities were we responsible for in that terrible period?"
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Saturday 20 June 2009
IPL~Billion Dollar Baby
The overall value of Indian Premier League (IPL) is already worth $2.01 billion, according to UK-based brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance, which has put the IPL’s brand valuation at over $311.94 million.
$42.1 million, Kolkata Knight Riders,
$41.6 million Mumbai Indians,
$39.5 million Rajasthan Royals,
$39.4 million Chennai Super Kings,
$39.2 million Delhi Daredevils,
$37.4 million Royal Challengers,
$36.3 million Kings XI Punjab,
$34.8 million Deccan Chargers
“IPL will create substantial value, which does not get captured in a routine profit /loss estimate.
This will be seen when the teams manage to build fan loyalty and performance and choose to list,” says Unni Krishnan, MD, Brand Finance.
$42.1 million, Kolkata Knight Riders,
$41.6 million Mumbai Indians,
$39.5 million Rajasthan Royals,
$39.4 million Chennai Super Kings,
$39.2 million Delhi Daredevils,
$37.4 million Royal Challengers,
$36.3 million Kings XI Punjab,
$34.8 million Deccan Chargers
“IPL will create substantial value, which does not get captured in a routine profit /loss estimate.
This will be seen when the teams manage to build fan loyalty and performance and choose to list,” says Unni Krishnan, MD, Brand Finance.
Bloggers Have No Right To Privacy Says British Court
The High Court in London has ruled that bloggers have no right to privacy under British law since blogging is essentially a public rather than a private activity.
The case was brought by The Times newspaper after it discovered the identity of a blogger in the police service who wrote the popular Night Jack web page, which was awarded the Orwell Prize for political writing in April.
The author, Richard Horton, a detective constable with Lancashire Constabulary, had sought an injunction to stop the paper from releasing his name but his application was denied.
It would seem to be quite legitimate for the public to be told who it was who was choosing to make, in some instances quite serious criticisms of police activities and, if it be the case, that frequent infringements of police discipline regulations were taking place, said Mr Justice Eady, The Times reports.
I do not accept that it is part of the courts function to protect police officers who are, or think they may be, acting in breach of police discipline regulations from coming to the attention of their superiors.
The Night Jack blog was very popular with the reading public, getting up to half a million hits a week. Horton has now deleted the blog and received a written warning from his superiors.
The case will have a chilling effect on other workplace blogs, since the lack of any expectation of privacy will cause some to abandon their blogs.
Thousands of regular bloggers . . . would be horrified to think that the law would do nothing to protect their anonymity if someone carried out the necessary detective work and sought to unmask them, said Hugh Tomlinson, QC, for Mr Horton.
The police force has supplied a number of authors of popular blogs, so much so that the forces have introduced guidelines on blogging aimed at limiting what can be said by officers on the beat.
~ Iain Thomson in San Francisco (Wed 17th Jun 09)
The case was brought by The Times newspaper after it discovered the identity of a blogger in the police service who wrote the popular Night Jack web page, which was awarded the Orwell Prize for political writing in April.
The author, Richard Horton, a detective constable with Lancashire Constabulary, had sought an injunction to stop the paper from releasing his name but his application was denied.
It would seem to be quite legitimate for the public to be told who it was who was choosing to make, in some instances quite serious criticisms of police activities and, if it be the case, that frequent infringements of police discipline regulations were taking place, said Mr Justice Eady, The Times reports.
I do not accept that it is part of the courts function to protect police officers who are, or think they may be, acting in breach of police discipline regulations from coming to the attention of their superiors.
The Night Jack blog was very popular with the reading public, getting up to half a million hits a week. Horton has now deleted the blog and received a written warning from his superiors.
The case will have a chilling effect on other workplace blogs, since the lack of any expectation of privacy will cause some to abandon their blogs.
Thousands of regular bloggers . . . would be horrified to think that the law would do nothing to protect their anonymity if someone carried out the necessary detective work and sought to unmask them, said Hugh Tomlinson, QC, for Mr Horton.
The police force has supplied a number of authors of popular blogs, so much so that the forces have introduced guidelines on blogging aimed at limiting what can be said by officers on the beat.
~ Iain Thomson in San Francisco (Wed 17th Jun 09)
Air India Pilot Refuses To Fly Faulty Plane.
A possible Air France-like disaster was averted by a firm Air India pilot. But instead of lauding him, the Air India management grounded him and stopped his salary.
The pilot, Captain NK Beri was grounded after he refused to fly flight number AI-822 from Riyadh to Mumbai after the aircraft developed a technical snag on May 27.
The pilot declined to operate the aircraft with over 300 passengers on board despite Air India’s top officials mounting pressure on him.
A baffled Air India, which feels the airline “incurred heavy monetary losses and was subjected to an embarrassment” due to the episode, has issued a show cause notice to Capt Beri, the captain of the Boeing 747-400.
The airline has stopped payment of his salary and declared him “not available for flying duties”.
A show cause notice issued by Air India executive director (Operations- II) Capt Rakesh Anand said the action on the part of Capt Beri caused 24 hours delay in the departure of the flight from Riyadh.
Capt Beri told HT he had refused to operate the flight in the night with landing gear down, said “I didn’t want to risk the lives of so many passengers. Flying an aircraft with landing gear down at night is against the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) regulations.”
A senior technical examiner of Boeing 747-400 aircraft, told HT on condition of anonymity, “When the gear is down, the aircraft’s performance gets severely compromised — it can’t go to higher altitudes, fuel consumption increases manifold, speed gets considerably reduced and it’s not easy to avoid harsh weather conditions. Nobody should insist that a pilot fly such aircraft at night.”
The flight developed a problem in the landing gear soon after take-off. The pilot-in-command, Capt Beri, informed Air Traffic Control that the aircraft's landing gear was not going up and he would have to return to Riyadh.
Surprisingly, he was asked to bring the flight to Mumbai with all passengers on board by Air India officials. But Capt Beri refused.
The episode, which took place four days before an Air France aircraft from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed, killing 228 passengers on board on May 31, and has raised questions about Air India’s concern for passenger safety.
Air India chairman-cum- managing director Arvind Jadhav, 53, was not available for comment.
Link: http://www.hindusta ntimes.com/ StoryPage/ StoryPage. aspx?id=1cebbab0 -b9ad-4498- 9477-ee23e3fdd43 6
Question: What would you have done?
The pilot, Captain NK Beri was grounded after he refused to fly flight number AI-822 from Riyadh to Mumbai after the aircraft developed a technical snag on May 27.
The pilot declined to operate the aircraft with over 300 passengers on board despite Air India’s top officials mounting pressure on him.
A baffled Air India, which feels the airline “incurred heavy monetary losses and was subjected to an embarrassment” due to the episode, has issued a show cause notice to Capt Beri, the captain of the Boeing 747-400.
The airline has stopped payment of his salary and declared him “not available for flying duties”.
A show cause notice issued by Air India executive director (Operations- II) Capt Rakesh Anand said the action on the part of Capt Beri caused 24 hours delay in the departure of the flight from Riyadh.
Capt Beri told HT he had refused to operate the flight in the night with landing gear down, said “I didn’t want to risk the lives of so many passengers. Flying an aircraft with landing gear down at night is against the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) regulations.”
A senior technical examiner of Boeing 747-400 aircraft, told HT on condition of anonymity, “When the gear is down, the aircraft’s performance gets severely compromised — it can’t go to higher altitudes, fuel consumption increases manifold, speed gets considerably reduced and it’s not easy to avoid harsh weather conditions. Nobody should insist that a pilot fly such aircraft at night.”
The flight developed a problem in the landing gear soon after take-off. The pilot-in-command, Capt Beri, informed Air Traffic Control that the aircraft's landing gear was not going up and he would have to return to Riyadh.
Surprisingly, he was asked to bring the flight to Mumbai with all passengers on board by Air India officials. But Capt Beri refused.
The episode, which took place four days before an Air France aircraft from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed, killing 228 passengers on board on May 31, and has raised questions about Air India’s concern for passenger safety.
Air India chairman-cum- managing director Arvind Jadhav, 53, was not available for comment.
Link: http://www.hindusta ntimes.com/ StoryPage/ StoryPage. aspx?id=1cebbab0 -b9ad-4498- 9477-ee23e3fdd43 6
Question: What would you have done?
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