In Kenya, they demanded that the British authorities return the skull of the leader

The Council of the traditional rulers of the Nandi people in Kenya demanded that Great Britain, the former colonial metropolis, return the skull of their hero – leader and spiritual leader Koitalela Arap Samoei. The elders made a demand to the King of Great Britain Charles III on the eve of his visit to the African country from October 31 to November 3.

The Samoei chief was an orcoyote, the supreme spiritual and political leader of the Nandi people. In 1905, he led an uprising against the British enslavers. The British, who occupied a significant part of East Africa, demanded that the leader issue a permit for the construction of the Kenya—Uganda railway through the Nandi possessions.

The British offered a peaceful meeting to Samoei. According to the terms of the agreement, each of the parties had to come to a meeting with five people. However, the British took with them 75 armed soldiers who hid in the forest. When the orcoyote approached Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen to shake hands, they came out of ambush and killed the chief, as well as four people who came with him.

This episode was told by the only eyewitness from the Nandi tribe, who managed to escape from an ambush. According to the Nandi community, Meinertzhagen beheaded Koitalel in front of his soldiers, and a few years later transported the skull to England. It is believed that the skull is now in the cellars of a museum in Cambridge.

Earlier, British MPs called on the authorities to compensate for the damage to Africa from the slave trade and colonization, and also called for the return of valuable artifacts and human remains that are currently stored in museums and other institutions in the UK.