NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — King Charles III has expressed “greatest sorrow and the deepest regret” for the “abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence” committed against Kenyans as they sought independence, during a speech on his first day of a four-day visit.
The king and Queen Camilla touched down in the capital, Nairobi, late Monday.
Another group of protesters briefly chanted anti-British songs and threw roses at the foot of a monument to Mau Mau veteran Dedan Kimathi in Nairobi's central business district on Tuesday.
“Just because the king is in Kenya, police have denied us our constitutional right to protest peacefully,” Juliet Wanjira, one of the organizers, said.
During his visit, Britain announced 4.5 million pounds ($5.5 million) in new funding to support education reforms in Kenya.
Persons:
— King Charles III, ”, explicity, Charles, William Ruto, Ruto, ” Ruto, Buckingham, Kenya's, that's, Charles ’, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Camilla, Koigi Wamwere, ” Salim David Nganga, Joel Kimutai Kimetto, “, Kelvin Kubai, Dedan Kimathi, ” Juliet Wanjira, Wanjira Mathai, Wangari Maathai, Prince Philip
Organizations:
Kenyans, Kenyan, AP, British, Britain, Commonwealth, Aberdare National
Locations:
NAIROBI, Kenya, Britain, Commonwealth, East, Nairobi, Mau Mau, Nairobi's, Africa, South Africa