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Mixed emotions as King Charles steers clear of British army base controversy

royal tour of Kenya

When he was barely a teenager, Kenyan goatherder Lisoka Lesasuyan lost his arms to an unexploded bomb while crossing a field.

For decades Britain has sent its forces to train in central Kenya but their presence has long attracted controversy, with civilians maimed by munitions and Amnesty International documenting cases of soldiers accused of rape and murder.

During his royal visit to Kenya this week, which stirred mixed emotions in the former

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