King Charles III will from Tuesday embark on a four day trip to Kenya. King Charles III begins a state visit to Kenya on Tuesday, where he will be confronted by widespread calls for an apology over Britain's bloody colonial past. Although the four-day trip by Charles and Queen Camilla has been billed as an opportunity to look to the future and build on the strong ties between London and Nairobi, the legacy of decades of British colonial rule looms large. And it comes almost exactly four decades since Elizabeth's own state visit in November 1983. 'Don't have to beg'Britain agreed in 2013 to compensate more than 5 000 Kenyans who had suffered abuse during the Mau Mau revolt, in a deal worth nearly 20 million pounds ($25 million at today's rates).

Source: News 24 October 31, 2023 06:18 UTC