Families affected by the presence of the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) have renewed calls for justice, compensation and accountability ahead of the expected renewal of the Defence Cooperation Agreement between Kenya and the United Kingdom, as women from Nanyuki and surrounding communities continue to share accounts of abuse, abandonment and loss linked to British soldiers stationed in the region.
The renewed calls emerged during a strategic community meeting held on 20 June 2026 at the Sportsman’s Arms Hotel in Nanyuki, Laikipia County. The gathering brought together survivors, families, legal advocates and human rights defenders who say communities have suffered harm connected to BATUK’s long-standing presence in the area.
Among those in attendance were human rights defender Bob Njagi, lawyer Kevin Kubai, Njeri Migwi, economist and political activist Boniface Mirikwa, Communist Party Marxist–Kenya General Secretary Booker Omole, and Esther Njoki, the niece of Agnes Wanjiru, whose death 14
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