- Savara in a post on Saturday through his X account said he had a chance to meet the King and they spoke about their love for music.
- King Charles III who was in the country on a state visit was under pressure to apologise for the atrocities committed to Kenyans.
Image: SAVARA MUDIGI/ TWITTER
Sauti Sol's Savara Mudigi has expressed mixed emotions after the recent King Charles visit to Kenya.
The musician in a post on Saturday through his X account said he had a chance to meet the King and they spoke about their love for music.
While acknowledging that the king talked about the past atrocities committed by the British on Kenyans, he did not fail to note that he did not offer an apology.
He however termed the King's visit as an interesting one despite him not apologizing and not talking of reparations.
"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.
King Charles III who was in the country on a state visit was under pressure to apologise for the atrocities committed in the country by the British during the colonial rule.
Thousands are said to have lost their lives during the Mau-Mau Emergency in the 1950s even as others were rendered homeless after they were evicted from the lands.
Several Mau Mau fighters and supporters were also held in mass detention.
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.