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00:00 After years of complaints, their voices are finally being heard.
00:04 On Thursday, about a thousand Kenyans living near a British military base
00:08 gathered in front of this parliamentary commission
00:11 to tell their stories of abuse.
00:13 The soccerless Asoyan took what he thought was just
00:16 some small piece of metal on the ground and started playing with it.
00:20 It ended up detonating.
00:22 It gouged out his two eyes.
00:24 What he has here are prosthetic eyes.
00:26 He lost his both arms.
00:27 Victims are asking for compensation
00:30 and speak about injuries, rapes and damaged land.
00:34 What we'll be looking at is ethical breaches,
00:38 human rights abuse and general integrity
00:41 of the officers who operate here from the British army.
00:44 They then head to the capital of the Likipia county.
00:48 On the road, the cars pass the British military base.
00:52 Following a deal signed in 1964,
00:55 British troops are stationed in Kenya for training purposes.
00:59 Here too, the complaints are numerous.
01:02 This young woman wrote a letter to her aunt, Agnes Wanjiru,
01:06 found dead in a hotel's septic tank in 2012.
01:10 The family accuses a British soldier.
01:13 In November 2021, the Sunday Times reported on your murder
01:17 and that's when we discovered a prime suspect,
01:19 so the axe had already been sent back to Britain.
01:22 No one here is questioning the British military presence.
01:25 It's the impunity that's angering people.
01:28 The army says its soldiers have diplomatic immunity,
01:32 but for the county's attorney,
01:34 this goes against the deal signed between the two countries.
01:38 If you read it, you will find that they are subject to our constitution.
01:43 As long as they are present within the country,
01:45 there is supposed to be an intergovernmental liaison committee.
01:48 Two representatives from the Batuuk
01:50 and two representatives from the Kenya army.
01:55 However, now that has never been implemented.
01:58 The British embassy said it intends to cooperate with the inquiry.
02:02 The Committee on National Security has yet to announce
02:05 when it will publish its conclusions.