King Charles’ uncomfortable Kenya trip

Why Kenya wants an apology from King Charles.

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[minos]

As a Kenyan, I'm using this opportunity to say that:
1. LEGAL apologies are OWED by the UK state.
2. Reperations should follow.
3. Artefacts from the London Museum should be repatriated. That building should be empty since most stuff is stolen.
4. And my Indian brothers are asking for the KOHINOOR.

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[Maunory]

I guess with a formal apology there would be plenty of consequences involving land property, money, natural resources and relics. And that's why they won't do it.

[nouramouctar]

If they start apologising to Kenya it will open a Pandora’s box and they will need to apologise to all ex British colonies, give compensations, give back stolen artefacts etc
They know it so I don’t think they will apologise

[adityamessiah]

🇰🇪- You need to apologise
🇮🇳- First time?

[davianoinglesias]

As ordinary Kenyans we don't care about apologies, almost every empire, nation, tribe or religion that exists today has committed horrible acts in the past. I'm only concerned with now and the future, what are we doing as humans to stop the ongoing slave trafficking, child labour in the Congo, enhancing minority rights, health and education? I would feel better if King Charles and other global leaders shut down the cobalt mines in Africa or the sweat shops in Asia that exploit child labour

[mikebg]

"Kinda horrible" is a massive understatement.

[isaackmwiti]

As Kenyan I just say this the past is the past and it should be left there and let us move forward

[entropicpedro]

I'm Kenyan, it did not feel awkward at all. Royals been coming down here all the time and also over 100k Kenyans are in UK. We have a very good relationship with the British.

[JeffreyStock]

“For some reason…”? What kind of “reporting” is that?

[LastSpartan]

Britain seems like an angel if you compare it to Belgium or France in Africa

[Salhd]

Tf is an apology gonna do ? You act like it’s some magic word that’ll fix things in the past, it’s better to move on and have respect for each other rather than living in the past .

[shalashaska]

Bruh they expecting apologies from people who aren't even alive anymore

[shubhaamgokko]

I remember that in 2013 David Cameron was the British PM and visited the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre site during his India tour, he similarly to King Charles acknowledged the atrocities committed by colonial British rule over there but did not apologise. So this does not surprise me at all.

[TheOriginalFish]

"their meeting was awkward"
Proceeds to talk about history and not mention a single thing on how awkward it was..

[kirri]

It wasn’t awkward at all, do your research! It was a wonderful success and he did apologise for past colonial mistakes. The Kenyan people were thrilled to have him and I even saw an interview where they were saying apologies were unnecessary and they wanted to focus on the future not the past!!

[Kabutoes]

You neglect to mention that the British put the Kenyans in concentration camps as a way to cut down guerrilla warfare from the Mau Mau which they were fighting. It ultimately worked and the British defeated the Mau Mau by military means but it killed an antagonized a lot of the population because the British subjected different ethnic groups into the camps without understanding who is who. It was a total extermination campaign that took tactics the Nazis used on groups they targeted except the British were the “good guys”. Kenya won independence through referendum less than decade later which makes you wonder how pointless that war was.

[DJarvis]

Focus on your own country and politics, mate. Everywhere you go in the world, people get affected by tribalism, dictatorship, and genocidal warfare. The situation in Africa is equally concerning, where tribalistic and autocratic practices have led to just as many atrocities.

[OfishalJWM]

Johnny Harris getting his ‘facts’ wrong as usual… Shock.

[DECODEDVFX]

Missing a tiny bit of context here. The mau mau were terrorist extrmists who killed anyone who wouldn't join them. They butchered at least 1, 800 African civilians, usually with machetes.

[mrfreshsip]

Not only Kenya, all UK former colonies deserve an apology and full reparations