At 86, his gnarled hands grasping a walking stick as he ambled around his small patch of land facing Mount Kenya, Joseph Macharia Mwangi recalled with bitterness the years that he had spent fighting the British colonial government in Kenya.
Seven decades ago, he had camped with Mau Mau rebels on that mountain and in the forests, braving frigid rain, lions and elephants.
And when the colonial forces eventually captured him, he said he was tortured and sentenced to two years of hard labor.
“The British forces were really hard on us.
It is his first state visit to any member of the Commonwealth group of nations since he became king last year, and the first to an African country.
Persons:
Joseph Macharia Mwangi, “, ”, Mwangi, Dedan, King Charles III
Organizations:
British, Commonwealth
Locations:
Mount Kenya, Kenya, Mau, British, East, African