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The King admitted that there could be no excuse for the atrocities committed against Kenyans during British colonial rule
The King admitted that there could be no excuse for the atrocities committed against Kenyans during British colonial rule. The visit of King Charles III is triggering right vibes across Africa, although his current visit is confined to Kenya. The King admitted that there could be no excuse for the atrocities committed against Kenyans during British colonial rule. In an emotion-packed discourse, The King admitted abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence committed against Kenyans while they were waging a painful struggle for independence and sovereignty.
King expressed these sentiments at a dinner hosted by Kenyan President William Ruto in honor of the visiting King and the Queen. Both of them are on a four-day visit to the East African country, which was a former colony of the British. King Charles III called for approaching the future, snapping the past and looking for a proactive and formidable relationship in the days to come. Incidentally, the visit is the first visit as King in a Commonwealth Country and comes a few weeks before the 60th anniversary of the independence of this former colony.
There were violent responses against colonial rule. Important and most bloody among them was the Mau Mau revolt. The British repressed it leading to the death of more than 10,000 people between 1952 and 1960. London agreed to compensate more than 5,000 Kenyans who were victims of abuse during the Mau Mau uprising in 2013 after a protracted legal battle. But the blemish of the past still haunts people. Several victims who were awarded monetary compensation around £2,600 (€3,000) are not satisfied with the paltry amount, which came after a long wait. They wanted more to compensate for the vagaries that they had suffered under Imperial rule.
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In the meantime, the Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KHRC) recently called on the King, on behalf of the British government, to make an unconditional and unequivocal public apology for the brutal and inhumane treatment inflicted on Kenyan citizens throughout the colonial period between 1895 and 1963, while reaffirming its stand for reparations.
