<P> Aside from military operations against Mau Mau fighters in the forests , the British attempt to defeat the movement broadly came in two stages : the first , relatively limited in scope , came during the period in which they had still failed to accept the seriousness of the revolt ; the second came afterwards . During the first stage , the British tried to decapitate the movement by declaring a State of Emergency before arresting 180 alleged Mau Mau leaders ( see Operation Jock Scott below ) and subjecting six of them to a show trial ( the Kapenguria Six ) ; the second stage began in earnest in 1954 , when they undertook a series of major economic , military and penal initiatives . </P>
<P> Aside from military operations against Mau Mau fighters in the forests , the British attempt to defeat the movement broadly came in two stages : the first , relatively limited in scope , came during the period in which they had still failed to accept the seriousness of the revolt ; the second came afterwards . During the first stage , the British tried to decapitate the movement by declaring a State of Emergency before arresting 180 alleged Mau Mau leaders ( see Operation Jock Scott below ) and subjecting six of them to a show trial ( the Kapenguria Six ) ; the second stage began in earnest in 1954 , when they undertook a series of major economic , military and penal initiatives . </P>
who declared state of emergency in kenya in 1952
who declared state of emergency in kenya in 1952
British
British