King Charles III wants to look to the future when his state visit to Kenya starts on Tuesday. But first he will have to confront the past.As Charles prepares for the fourday trip to Kenya, he is facing calls to address the legacy of eight decades of British colonial rule,...
LONDON — King Charles III wants to look to the future when his state visit to Kenya starts on Tuesday. But first he will have to confront the past.
The king has already shown a willingness to address difficult issues, opening the royal archives to researchers studying the monarchy’s links to the slave trade. Before assuming the throne, he acknowledged the “appalling atrocity of slavery” during a speech on the Caribbean island of Barbados. In the age of colonialism, Kenya was one of the jewels of the British Empire. It was the starting point for an ambitious railway project linking the Indian Ocean coast with the African interior, and the destination for thousands of white settlers who built coffee and tea plantations.
Kenya became independent in 1963, but the country has maintained close, if sometimes troubled, ties with the U.K. Two years ago, the U.K. and Kenya signed an economic pact designed to boost trade and investment between the two countries and renewed a defense agreement that underpins cooperation on counterterrorism efforts and allows British soldiers to train in Kenya.
Kenya and the U.K. “cannot move forward until they apologize, offer reparations and return the land they stole,’’ he said.Dozens of people are gearing up to protest what they describe as crimes committed by British forces stationed in Kenya. In the highlands of Laikipia and Nanyuki, east of Nairobi, many in the local community are demanding compensation for a fire allegedly started by British soldiers in 2021.
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