Soldier arrested over rape allegation

A British soldier was accused of having raped a woman near a British army training camp in Kenya where another soldier was previously accused of murder.

The alleged rape occurred last month near the British army training unit Kenya (Batuk) near the city of Nanyuki, 200 km (125 miles) north of the capital, Nairobi.

The man was arrested and questioned following the alleged incident, which occurred after a group of soldiers visited a bar in the city.

An investigation is carried out by the British military police of the serious defense crime unit, which examines the crimes which allegedly committed by British services in the United Kingdom and abroad.

The British Defense Ministry confirmed in a statement that a “service person” was arrested in Kenya.

“The unacceptable and criminal behavior has absolutely no place in our armed forces and any report of a serious crime by serving staff is the subject of an investigation independently of their chain of command,” said the mod.

The alleged rape involving a soldier from the British base in Kenya follows previous allegations that a soldier parked in Kenya was involved in the murder of a local woman in 2012.

The body of Agnes Wanjiru, who was 21 years old and a mother of one, was found in a septic pit near the Batuk base three weeks after his disappearance, allegedly after spending the evening with British soldiers.

The Sunday Times reported in 2021 that a British soldier would have been responsible for his murder.

The MOD has since declared that he was co -opted with a Kenyan investigation into the incident.

The Batuk base was created in 1964 shortly after the eastern African nation acquired its independence from the United Kingdom.

The British army has an agreement with Kenya under which it can deploy up to six army battalions per year for training periods on the site.

But the British army faced a series of allegations concerning the conduct of British staff at the camp.

A public inquiry created by Kenyan deputies last year understood the details of the alleged ill -treatment of the local population by British soldiers.

The allegations including an incident of a reported flight offense, as well as statements that some British soldiers had had local pregnant women before abandoning them and abandoning them when they returned to the United Kingdom.