The British army has been forced to cancel training for its troops in Kenya after the Kenyan government refused to ratify a bilateral defence agreement.
While the UK government wanted to renew the existing agreement, Kenyan lawmakers had sought changes to give local authorities greater powers to hold British soldiers accountable for any offences committed in the country.
According to the Kenyan news outlet the Daily Nation, the dispute centres on which cases Kenya will retain primary jurisdiction over, while the amount of money Britain pays Kenya to host the training camp has also been a sticking point.
This comes at an interesting time when the UK government appears to be under criticism over the application of the NATO SOFA and the U.S. Air Force taking taking jurisdiction over serious crimes committed by servicemembers in the UK. See Harry Davies and Rob Evans,‘Degrading’: why did a US fighter pilot avoid British trial after strangling a woman in England? The Guardian (UK), 25 June 2026.
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