A British soldier is accused of raping a woman near a British army training camp in Kenya after another soldier had been charged with murder.
The so-called rape occurred last month near the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK), near the town of Nanyuki, 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the capital Nairobi.
The man was arrested and questioned after a group of soldiers visited a bar in the town.
British police are conducting an investigation from the Defence Serious Crime Department, which examines crimes committed by British service personnel in the UK and overseas.
The British Ministry of Defense confirmed in a statement that the “service staff” were detained in Kenya.
“Unacceptable and criminal acts have absolutely no status in our armed forces, and any reports through service personnel can be investigated independently of their chain of command,” the Ministry of Defense said.
The alleged rape involved the rape of a soldier at a British base in Kenya after accused a soldier stationed in Kenya in 2012 for alleged murder of a local woman.
The body of Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was found in a septic tank near the Banuk base three weeks after her disappearance, allegedly after spending the entire evening with British soldiers.
The Sunday Times reported in 2021 that it is believed that the murder of her by British soldiers was caused.
The Ministry of Defense has since said it is collaborating with Kenya's investigation into the incident.
The BATUK base was established in 1964, and soon afterwards, the East African countries gained independence from the United Kingdom.
The British military reached an agreement with Kenya under which it can train at the site at up to six army barracks a year.
But the British army faced a series of charges against the actions of some British personnel in the camp.
A public investigation conducted by Kenyan MPs last year heard details of alleged abuse of locals by British soldiers.
The allegations include a reported crash and claiming that some British soldiers abandoned them and their children when they returned to England and became pregnant before they abandoned them.
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