Photo : Tony Karumba, Pool Photo via AP
NIAS Area Studies
AFRICA MONITOR
Photo : Tony Karumba, Pool Photo via AP
IN BRIEF
By Anu Maria Joseph
Kenya: King Charles visit
On 29 October, King Charles and Queen Camillia began their four-day visit to Kenya. During the visit, he acknowledged the “painful aspects” of Britain's colonial rule in Kenya. More than 10,000 people were killed during the suppression of the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950. In 2013, the UK paid reparations worth USD 24 million to around 5,000 people. The response to the visit is divided. One section believes that the visit will be a new beginning to Kenya-Britain relations. The other section believes that the visit will be an insult to the painful past of the colonial era. (“King Charles Kenya trip: Mau Mau uprising hangs over visit,” BBC, 29 October 2023)