thousands elderly Kenyans are seeking compensation for torture experienced during the Mau Mau uprising . The Foreign Office has been ordered to produce all evidence relevant to the Kenya case , including hundreds of boxes of files , secretly smuggled out of the country ahead of independence . Case has exposed secret files covering East Africa 's rule of Four colonies . Mau Mau rebellion led to arrest of 47 of Kenyans including Mau Mau grandfather .
thousands elderly Kenyans are seeking compensation for torture experienced during the Mau Mau uprising . Case has exposed secret files covering East Africa 's rule of Four colonies . Mau Mau rebellion led to arrest of 47 of Kenyans including Mau Mau grandfather .