text:  The Mau Mau certainly used violence, but their tactics were met with a brutal response from the colonial government. Tens of thousands of Kenyans were imprisoned without trial and more than 10,000 were killed. Over a thousand were executed by hanging. The Kenya Human Rights Commission has previously estimated the total figure of all those killed, tortured and maimed to be 90,000. In 2023, King Charles addressed the issue.