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Johnson and Kenyatta review status of BATUK forces

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Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and UK prime minister Boris Johnsonat the COP26 in Glasgow, on 1 November 2021.
Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and UK prime minister Boris Johnsonat the COP26 in Glasgow, on 1 November 2021. © State House Kenya/Twitter

Under pressure from the leaders of the Kenyan counties where British forces are stationed, President Uhuru Kenyatta is demanding that the troops of the British Army Training Unit Kenya - a controversial hangover from the colonial era - be subject to Kenyan law.

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