Terence Gavaghan And The Kenyan Emergency

EDM number 697 in 2006-07, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 22/01/2007.

That this House expresses its disgust at the conduct of Terence Gavaghan, former British Colonial Senior Officer in charge of the detention camps during the Kenyan emergency; notes that he was responsible for administering so-called dilution techniques, which in his own words included putting a person resisting him on the ground, placing a foot on his throat, stuffing mud in his mouth, and if resistance could not be broken, knocking him unconscious; expresses its concern that no attempt has been made to bring Gavaghan to justice; and calls on the Government to institute a public inquiry into the conduct of the British Colonial administration during the 1950s Kenyan emergency, and the Attorney General to refer the case of Gavaghan to the police for investigation with a view to prosecution for crimes against humanity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.