Wolfgang was correct in pointing out that the introductory post only gave some of the figures contained in the article referred to, but not linked to. The result was it looked as if only 32 people were killed by Mau Mau in the uprising.

That figure referred to a particular episode - the total number killed by Mau Mau was far higher, and most of these, by a long way, were black Kenyans, though the number killed by Mau Mau was nowhere near as high as the number killed by the British forces. The article in the Guardian is worth reading. In fact I'd think that anyone contributing to the thread really ought to read it first. Rather surprisingly, no one so far has given a link to it. So here is such a link. Mau Mau veterans to sue Britain over torture and illegal killings in Kenya.

It is a shameful enough record - it doesn't need to have the figures massaged in the way the unnamed GUEST who started the thread (possibly inadvertenly) did.