Murang'a Senator Joe Nyutu has waded into the conversation around King Charles and whether he should offer an apology for colonial atrocities.
Nyutu said that King Charles expressed his sorrows and deepest regrets for the past wrongdoings but stopped short of directly apologising despite the demands from Human Rights groups.
According to Nyutu, the King could not directly apologise because by doing so, he would be admitting his guilt for the atrocities committed against Kenyans during the colonial period.
He also claimed that admitting his guilt would allow the affected families to file lawsuits against the British Government.
"If King Charles III apologizes it will mean that he is pleading guilty and the families that were affected by the independence struggle might start to file lawsuits," he said in an interview with Citizen TV.
"He is smart and also has advisors that’s why I think he would not have apologised directly."
Last week, the United Kingdom High Commissioner Neil Wigan explained why the UK will not apologise to Kenya over the atrocities committed during the colonial period.
Wigan said it is extremely difficult to offer an apology, and that is the reason they are yet to.
The High Commissioner said an apology would create a difficult legal ground for the UK government.
He noted that despite this, all parties opted for an out-of-court settlement on the matter, which showed the sincerity of the UK government.
"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.
