Kenyan MPs vote to prosecute British servicemembers in Kenya
Kenyan MPs have voted to amend the nation’s defense agreement with the UK after allegations of British troops committing serious crimes while training in the country have gone unpunished. According to RT, Kenyan authorities have initiated an investigation on the activities of the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK). Two alleged offenses at the core of the recent developments are the murder of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru in 2012 and a fire that burned down the Lolldaiga Hills Ranch in 2021 while British servicemembers were conducting an exercise. In the case of Agnes Wanjiru, her body was found almost three months after she went missing in a septic tank of the hotel she entered with British soldiers. Although some soldiers allegedly claim they were shown Wanjiru’s body, they have not been interviewed by the British military. Regarding the Lolldaiga Hills Ranch fire, 10,000 acres were destroyed of this 49,000-acre wildlife conservancy with stunning views of Mount Kenya and Aberdares National Park and archaeological discoveries and cave paintings to boot. According to The Standard, “a ruling on whether a Kenyan court can hear cases of offenses committed by British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK) staff has been postponed for the fourth time after several pages of the file ‘went missing.’” According to the BBC, the amendment will be forwarded to the Kenyan Ministry of Defense for negotiations with its British counterparts. If passed into law, British servicemembers could be tried for murder and other serious offenses they are accused of committing in Kenya by Kenyan authorities.
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