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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

King Charles to acknowledge ‘painful’ colonial past on state visit to Kenya

Charles’s visit to Kenya from 31 October to 3 November will be his first to a Commonwealth country as king
Charles’s visit to Kenya from 31 October to 3 November will be his first to a Commonwealth country as king. Photograph: Jane Barlow/AP

King Charles will acknowledge the “painful aspects” of Britain’s past actions in Kenya during a state visit later this month.

The visit follows an invitation from the country’s president, William Ruto, whose country will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain on 12 December. The two countries have enjoyed a close relationship in recent years despite the violent colonial legacy of an uprising in the early 1950s, which led to a period known as “the emergency”, which ran from 1952 until 1960.

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