One of the claimants, Jane Muthoni Mara, was accused of being a Mau Mau scout. At the age of 17 she was arrested and detained for three years.
"We were taken to the camps where we were beaten thoroughly," said Mara. "Soldiers stepped on my feet every day and bottles were inserted into my private parts."
At the end of the hearing, Justice Richard McCombe declared he would withhold his ruling until at least October. He will either dismiss the case or recommend it go to full trial.
"We are hoping that the young generation in England are realistic and will listen to us and it may even be that they apologize for what perhaps their fathers or forefathers did to the people of Kenya," said Gitu wa Kahengeri, the spokesperson for the Mau Mau War Veterans Association.
If the case goes to trial, the Mau Mau hope the British government will settle to avoid a long and expensive legal battle.
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