The UK will compensate those tortured by British colonial forces during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising up to £20million in total.
Publicly recognising that torture did indeed take place, and stating that the UK "sincerely regrets" it, the British Foreign Secretary William Hague said:
"I would like to like to make clear now, and for the first time, on behalf of Her Majesty's government, that we understand the pain and grievance felt by those who were involved in the events of the emergency in Kenya,"
"The British government recognises that Kenyans were subject to torture, and other forms of ill-treatment at the hands of the colonial administration."
"The British government sincerely regrets that these abuses took place and that they marred Kenya's progress towards independence."
