Savara Mudigi of Sauti Sol has voiced conflicting feelings over King Charles' recent visitation to Kenya.
The rapper said he got to meet the King and they chatted about their shared passion of music in a post published on Saturday on his X account.
He did not overlook the fact that the king did not apologise while admitting that he had discussed the historical horrors the British had inflicted on the Kenyan people.
Despite not offering an apology or discussing restitution, he nevertheless thought the King's visit was intriguing.
"I met King Charles. We spoke about playing instruments. My drums and bass him the cello. The King’s visit to Kenya has been interesting, he spoke about the atrocities committed by the British to Kenyans during colonialism and termed it as inexcusable. But there was no apology and no talk of reparations," Savara said.
"I’m still conflicted about the significance of this but it’s still a little progress. Kenya is now 60. May we live to be a thousand and more," he said.
During his official visit, King Charles III faced pressure to offer an apology for the crimes the British had committed in the nation when they were colonial rulers.
During the 1950s Mau-Mau Emergency, thousands are reported to have died, while others were left homeless after being forced to leave the lands.
There were also several Mau Mau fighters and allies detained in large numbers.
The UK will not apologise to Kenya for the crimes done during the colonial era, as stated by British High Commissioner Neil Wigan this week.
Wigan stated that they had not yet apologised since it is very difficult to do so. An apology, according to the High Commissioner, would put the UK government in a difficult legal position.
He pointed out that in spite of this, all parties chose an out-of-court settlement, demonstrating the UK government's sincerity.
"An apology starts to take you into difficult legal territory so to say and the agreement we made was an out-of-court settlement so it showed our sincerity and openness about recognising that abuses had been committed and that is the route that we chose and was accepted by the Mau Mau Veterans Association," Wigan said on Spice FM.
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