Kenyan police on Monday blocked a news conference intended to air allegations of human rights and environmental abuses by British troops in the country, hours before King Charles arrives for a four-day state visit.
will acknowledge "painful aspects of the UK and Kenya's shared history". The British ruled for more than six decades before the east African nation won its independence in 1963.
Before the news conference could be held at a hotel in the capital Nairobi, a lorry with at least 20 police officers and two smaller trucks blocked access to the venue, according to a Reuters reporter. Tom Macharia, a Nairobi lawyer who represents the Lolldaiga community, said the police actions were "bad optics ... If the king is genuine about this restart and resetting the relation with Kenya, he has gotten off on the wrong footing".
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