Kenya: a petition from the Talai clan addressed to Prince William

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her husband Prince William, with their children George and Charlotte, at Windsor Castle on April 17, 2022. AFP - ANDREW MATTHEWS

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Prince William has just received a petition from the Kenyan Talai clan.

A former British colony, Kenya gained its independence in 1963. The country is demanding apologies and reparations for the suffering endured during colonization by the United Kingdom.

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With our correspondent in London,

They are 100,000 Kenyans, belonging to the Talai clan, to sign this letter addressed to Prince William, second in the order of succession to the British crown behind his father, Charles.

They recall in their letter the conclusions of a United Nations investigation: sexual exploitation, torture, expulsions inflicted by the British Empire... According to this investigation, London should apologize to them and offer reparations to the clan, at the forefront of the anti-imperialist resistance.

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The Talai territories of the Rift Valley were thus turned into tea plantations, the inhabitants being relegated to detention camps or to areas infested with tsetse flies and mosquitoes.

Faced with the refusal of the British government to recognize the specific case of this clan, they hope to make Prince William an ambassador.

It was in Kenya that the latter proposed to his wife Kate.

And it was also in Kenya that her grandmother Elizabeth II was when she became queen.

Three Talai ambassadors are to meet elected officials in London to plead their cause.

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