Claudia Webbe, a British MP representing Leicester East, met Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony and his Nandi counterpart Stephen Sang earlier in August to discuss the omission of the 1905 Sotik Massacre from both countries' curriculums.
Webbe wanted the massacre included in the curriculum of both countries to remind students of the struggle to attain independence.
She argued that this would ensure that future generations understood the sacrifice that was made by the native peoples of Kenya to gain their freedom.
Webbe noted that the event has been erased from the history books both in Kenya and the United Kingdom.
The MP wrote to the Secretary of State for Education in Britain on Friday, August 7, to include the Sotik Massacre of 1905 in the national curriculum after growing calls from the Black Lives Matter movement for injustices against Africans to be taught in schools.
"During the Black Lives Matter movement, we have seen renewed calls for our schools to teach the true brutal history of the British Empire and the legacy of imperialism, colonialism and racism which continue today to have a generational impact," part of the letter read.
The massacre occurred after the people of Sotik declined to return Maasai cattle taken in traditional raids after the British issued an ultimatum.
This resulted in 1,800 Sotik men, women and children being massacred out of an estimated population of 20,000 at the time.
In 2018 the County Government of Kericho had lodged a complaint to the United Nations Special Rapporteur in Geneva claiming some 90,000 acres of land was given to white settlers.
According to Webbe, the UN Special Rapporteur wrote to Her Majesty's Government requesting a response but none has been received yet.
In 2019, the National Lands Commission (NLC) determined that the Kipsigis and Talai not only unjustly lost their property but were also subjected to various forms of human rights violations in the process.
