By PIUS MAUNDUMore by this AuthorA UK-based law firm has entered into a deal with a group of former Mau Mau freedom fighters from Makueni County to push for compensation from the British government. This has signalled hope for the freedom fighters whose efforts to seek compensation from the British government had earlier hit a snag after another UK-based law firm abandoned them. A partner in the law firm, Mr Andrew Davis, took the frail former freedom fighters through the obligations and expectations of the new deal, including ways of opting out of the case. They freedom fighters were reminded that they should be truthful before signing a document binding them to the new deal. "We had just been forcefully recruited into Mau Mau and before we hit the ground, we were rounded up by the government forces, thoroughly beaten up and forced to do hard work in building government offices in Machakos Town," 84-year-old Kinguli Ngumi told Nation.co.ke.

Source: Daily Nation January 24, 2017 14:03 UTC