'No excuse' for colonial abuses, King Charles says during Kenya visit
But he did not offer the apology that some in Kenya believe is due.King Charles III said Tuesday there could be"no excuse" for British colonial atrocities against Kenyans as he visited the country, but did not offer the apology demanded by some in the East African nation.
Britains Queen Camilla , Britains King Charles III and Kenyan President William Ruto and Kenyan Frist Lady Rachel Ruto arrive for a state banquet at the State House in Nairobi on 31 October 2023. The gardens were built on the site of a camp where British colonial authorities detained suspected Mau Mau guerrillas during the suppression of their 1952-1960 uprising.
He said he hoped to"meet some of those whose lives and communities were so grievously affected" by colonial abuses. 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. Kenya is where Queen Elizabeth II -- then a princess -- learned in 1952 of the death of her father, King George VI, marking the start of her historic 70-year reign.
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