Dispossessed Kenyans Demand Compensation as King Charles Visits Kenya

Princess Elizabeth travelled to Kenya in 1952 with the intention of helping Kibore Cheruiyot Ngasura and other young men relocate their parents from a Gwassi prison camp. Nevertheless, King George VI's passing forced the visit to end. Ngasura, who is currently almost 100 years old, wants to deliver a message of reparation for the suffering his village faced, and more than 70 years later, King Charles is scheduled to visit Kenya.

Charles' visit, according to Buckingham Palace, will honour the "painful aspects" of the common history between Kenya and the UK, which includes more than 60 years of British rule before to Kenya's independence in 1963.The wrongs of colonialism are still felt today in certain groups. During British colonial authority, there were human rights breaches like as land expropriation and arbitrary executions, as documented in a UN report from 2021.

A Kipsigis ethnic group spokesman named Joel Kimetto described how the British had taken over lush fields, plunging many people into destitution. Regretting past mistreatment, the British authorities even made amends with elderly Kenyans who had been subjected to torture and abuse during an uprising that took place between 1952 and 1960. Still unanswered are the present claims, nevertheless.

Even with the King's visit, the British government seemed to have "no intention" of making up for these communities' losses.