IN PICTURES: UK agrees Sh2.6bn Mau Mau compensation

Mau Mau veterans at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi moments before a press conference by the British High commissioner to Kenya Christian Turner June 6, 2013. JENNIFER MUIRURI

Chief Justice Willy Mutunga (left) and British High Commissioner to Kenya Dr Christian Turner confer at the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi June 6, 2013. SALATON NJAU

A Kenya Mau Mau war veteran reacts during a press conference at the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi June 6, 2013. Britain has agreed to compensate Kenyans tortured during the Mau Mau uprising against colonial rule in the 1950s, Foreign Secretary William Hague said. AFP

In a file picture taken in April 1953 captured suspected Mau Mau fighters are marched towards Githunguri court in Kenya at the time of the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule. Britain has agreed to compensate Kenyans tortured during the Mau Mau uprising against colonial rule in the 1950s, Foreign Secretary William Hague said June 6, 2013 AFP

In a file picture taken in October 1952 soldiers guard suspected Mau Mau fighters behind barbed wire in the Kikuyu reserve at the time of the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule in Kenya. Britain has agreed to compensate Kenyans tortured during the Mau Mau uprising against colonial rule in the 1950s, Foreign Secretary William Hague said June 6, 2013 AFP