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King Charles meets Kenya veterans after admitting colonial abuses

King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet veteran Samwel Nthigai Mburia during a visit to the Kariokor War Cemetery in Nairobi, Kenya on November 1, 2023. PHOTO | AFP

Photo credit: Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group

By  AFP

King Charles III met Kenyan veterans of World World II on Wednesday, after acknowledging there was "no excuse" for colonial-era abuses during Britain's rule of the East African country.

Charles said he wished to "deepen my own understanding of these wrongs" during his four-day state visit to Kenya with Queen Camilla, but also to bolster "a modern partnership of equals facing today's challenges".

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