60,000 MAU MAU STILL IN GAOL
Emergency Enters Fourth Year NAIROBI, October 19. More than 60,000 Mau Mau prisoners are still being held by the authorities, although about 1000 are being released each month, according to a Kenya Government statement issued tonight. At the end of last month 47,000 were still detained on individual orders, and 15,000 Mau Mau convicts were in prison, it says. The Mau Mau emergency will enter its fourth year tomorrow. The prospects are a good deal brighter than many dared hope 12 months ago, according to an official statement issued in Nairobi. The statement said that the emergency so far has cost more than 13,000 lives —including 10,800 Mau Mau, 561 members of the security forces, and 1660 civilians. More than 2000 terrorists have been captured, and a similar number surrendered. The 10,800 Mau Mau dead include 962 who have been executed for murder, carrying arms, administering oaths, or other offences.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27795, 21 October 1955, Page 13
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