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Kenya moves to delay defence deal amid child abandonment cases

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 11:31 PM UTC · How we work

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Kenyan survivors and residents marched to Nairobi Parliament on August 12, urging a delay to the defence agreement.
Lawyer James Kubai is preparing legal cases against the British Army Training Unit Kenya for child abandonment.
Kenya’s Parliament gave conditional approval to the 2021 Defence Cooperation Agreement in 2023, demanding murder jurisdiction.
The UK Ministry of Defence says the 2015 agreement continues to govern defence ties with Kenya.

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Kenyan survivors and residents marched to Nairobi Parliament on August 12, urging a delay to the defence agreement.
Lawyer James Kubai is preparing legal cases against the British Army Training Unit Kenya for child abandonment.
Kenya’s Parliament gave conditional approval to the 2021 Defence Cooperation Agreement in 2023, demanding murder jurisdiction.
The UK Ministry of Defence says the 2015 agreement continues to govern defence ties with Kenya.