🇰🇪 🇬🇧 | Victims of the British army marched on Kenya's Parliament this week. They are survivors of sexual violence, bereaved families, and residents of the communities around Britain's training areas in Laikipia. On Wednesday they walked down Harambee Avenue in Nairobi and handed Parliament a petition demanding the Kenya–UK Defence Cooperation Agreement be halted. The agreement was signed in 2021 and has never been ratified. Britain wants primary jurisdiction over its own soldiers for offences committed "in the course of official duty." Kenyan MPs want Kenyan courts to try crimes committed on Kenyan soil. A National Assembly inquiry published in November 2025 found "compelling evidence of widespread sexual violence perpetrated by BATUK, particularly against women from the Samburu and Maasai communities." The committee described the unit as closer to an occupying force than a partner.