The tort model also deprived the Mau Mau's from receiving a genuine apology from the British government. British Secretary Hague formally acknowledged the “torture and other forms of ill treatment at the hands of the colonial administration,” and recognized the continuing “pain and grievance felt by those who were involved,” but the apology was inevitably tainted as it was not wholly uncoerced.1 The government's apology was achieved through settlement, rather than through a voluntary and authentic showing of remorse. Furthermore, the tort model allowed the perpetrator to expressly deny liability. The British government expressly denied liability for the actions of the colonial administration and emphasized that “the courts have made no
