The Nazis were not the only ones who operated concentration camps.
Britain used them in South Africa and Kenya.
In Kenya, the camps were sites for random executions and Interrogation involved stuffing detainees mouth with mud and stomping their throats till they passed out.
Elizabeth used to receive briefs about the camps in Kenya every morning between 1952-1960
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Meanwhile kambas and kaleos were the loyal soldiers of her majesty used to subjugate “the natives”.
Wacha uongo, most concentration camps zilikuwa Central na Nairobi, your Brother’s ndio walikuwa Home guards.
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VERY TRUE… huyu anataka kurewrite history
The colonial police/army was called the Kings African Rifles (KAR) and were used by beberu to crack down on the mau mau and also fight the beberu war in Burma, tanganyika against the germans and in ethiopia against the Italians. It mainly recruited from the kamba, kaleos and somali coz maasai refused and all kikuyus were deemed to be mau mau. The kikuyus used to guard the villages were called “home guards”, what you would call local village vigilantes but the colonial police/army that was hunting for the mau mau were the KAR. Here is a photo of the KAR hunting for mau mau.
Have read the book about the event, it relatively new, nimesahau title.
King African Rifle was composed of Africans from Various British Protectorates, in came from Uganda as the state of Emergency was issued.
As a side note ,Idi Amin was one of its officers during the time.
Do you people know your history? Lakini anyway UDakus mliambiwa you dont need history.
The King’s African Rifles (KAR) was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from the various British possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s. It performed both military and internal security functions within the East African colonies as well as external service. Rank and file were Africans called askaris, while most officers were seconded from British Army regiments.
[SIZE=5]First World War[/SIZE]
The KAR began the First World War with 21 small companies in three battalions (each with up to eight companies following the British pre-1913 half-company establishment): the 1st Nyasaland (half of the battalion was located in northeast Nyasaland), 3rd East Africa (with one company on Zanzibar) and the 4th Uganda, both of the latter included a 4th platoon of Sudanese with the 4th platoons of 4th battalion being led by Sudanese officers. Additionally the companies were scattered all over British East Africa.
By the end of the Great War the KAR comprised 1,193 British officers, 1,497 British NCOs and 30,658 Africans (33,348 total) in 22 battalions.
KAR casualties in the First World War were 5,117 killed and wounded with another 3,039 dying from diseases.
[SIZE=5]Second World War[/SIZE]
The KAR fought in several campaigns during the War of 1939–1945. It fought against the Italians in Italian East Africa during the East African Campaign, against the Vichy French in Madagascar during the Battle of Madagascar, and against the Japanese in Burma during the Burma Campaign.
[SIZE=5]After the Second World War[/SIZE]
The regiment played a major role in operations against the insurgents during the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya. In 1952, the 7th (Kenya) Battalion was reformed. It was renumbered as the 11th (Kenya) Battalion in 1956. 2nd/3rd Battalion, a reserve unit, was raised during the military phase of the emergency in Kenya and was under consideration for disbandment by 1957.[3]
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions saw service in the Malayan Emergency, where they were heavily involved in fighting Communist rebels, suffering 23 dead.
The regiment was retitled the East African Land Forces in 1957. The last Colonel-in-Chief of the KAR was HM Queen Elizabeth II.
When the various territories from which the KAR was recruited became independent, the regiment began to break up:
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[li]1st Battalion—1st Battalion, Malawi Rifles[/li][li]2nd Battalion—2nd Battalion, Northern Rhodesia Regiment (subsequently Zambia Regiment)[/li][li]3rd Battalion—3rd Battalion, Kenya Rifles[4][/li][li]4th Battalion—1st Battalion, Uganda Rifles (later formed basis of the military of Uganda)[/li][li]5th Battalion—5th Battalion, Kenya Rifles[4][/li][li]6th Battalion—1st Battalion, Tanganyika Rifles[/li][li]11th Battalion—11th Battalion, Kenya Rifles[/li][li]26th Battalion—2nd Battalion, Tanganyika Rifles[/li][/ul]
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You have to know where you are coming from to know where you are going.
Kuna grand-uncle wangu fulani … alikuwa anatetemeka mikono vi noma, alinidai ati ni juu za ma kombora alikuwa anafyatua na uko Burma.
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Will definately get a hold of a copy.
but relevant book is this one.
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Sema Sorry.
ni juzijuzi tu walikuwa eminent jurists :D:D
I don’t think you are correctly relaying the facts. In as much as KAR was used against the MAU MAU, they were only about 4000 in Kenya at their peak. These were stretched across the whole country. As our freedom dawned, we had only 3,000 KR (Kenya Rifles… name changed).
Now, who were the main hunters of MAU MAU? A portion of the KAR was dedicated to fight MAU MAU, yes
But they were aided by over 25,000 home guards
Home Guards were the most visible force in the fight. They KILLED MOST of the MAU MAU
To suggest they weren’t involved is historically false.
Before that ,they ware mathematicians.