Following his admission that there was "no excuse" for the wrongdoings committed during the colonial era when Britain ruled the East African nation, King Charles III will start his second day of visits to Kenya on Wednesday.
During the four-day trip to Kenya with Queen Camilla, Charles said he wanted to "deepen my own understanding of these wrongs" and support "a modern partnership of equals facing today's challenges."
Charles was expected to publicly apologize to Kenya, a nation Britain brutally ruled for many years before Kenya's arduous independence movement in 1963 before he even arrived.
Although he did not offer an apology, the 74-year-old British head of state stated that the "wrongdoings of the past are a cause of the greatest sorrow and the deepest regret" on his first day in Kenya.
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"There were abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence committed against Kenyans as they waged... a painful struggle for independence and sovereignty. And for that, there can be no excuse," he told a state banquet on Tuesday evening.
"None of this can change the past, but by addressing our history with honesty and openness, we can demonstrate the strength of our friendship today, and in so doing, we can continue to build an ever-closer bond for the years ahead.
Although Charles has traveled to Kenya on three previous official trips, this is his first trip to an African or Commonwealth country since ascending to the throne last year.
Charles announced that he would be visiting a war graves cemetery in Nairobi and Mombasa in the next few days to pay tribute to Africans who fought for Britain in two world wars and to plant trees in remembrance of the late Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai.
Kenyan President William Ruto ceremoniously ushered Charles and Camilla onto the red carpet on Tuesday. They then placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in the Uhuru Gardens Memorial Park.
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