Business of the allegations of rape of Kenyans by British soldiers

British soldiers having taken part in operations with the Kenya, were shown to have violated hundreds of Kenyans over one period going of the beginning of the year 1970 to 2003. The army was put out of cause on December 14th 2006 by an investigation of the royal military Police (SIB-RMP).

Facts complained of

Since independence, the the United Kingdom and the Kenya made from the agreements of defense which make it possible the British army to involve soldiers in Kenya. Thus, approximately 4.000 soldiers are sent there each year of training.

The women showed British soldiers to have violated them during operations military and certain of these cases went back to the years 1970. These charges were supported by evidence resulting from the police and medical authorities Kenyan.

In 2003, many Kenyan women expressed in front of the British High commissionership in Nairobi to ask for repairs by exhibant babies mongrel, supposed being the proof of the rapes of which they would have been victims.

Six hundred and eighty five of these women are represented by the British defender of the human rights, Martyn Day, which had already constrained the British government has to compensate the Kenyan victims for the not-exploded ammunition of the fields of fire. He claims 30.000 pounds sterling by victim (approximately 60.000 USD, to compare with an annual GDP per capita of 1100 USD), that is to say more than 20 million pounds sterling with the British army under damages.

The investigation of the military police force

The investigators (12 to 18 people) interviewed 2.187 Kenyan women, pertaining to the ethnos groups Masaï and Samburu, having stated to be violated. Among them, the investigators isolated 281 cases, considered to be more credible and carried out discussions with the plaintiffs and the marked former servicemen of rapes. The investigators also made carry out tests DNA to compare filiations.

The investigation covered one 55 years period and would have cost three million pounds sterling to the British taxpayers.

Conclusions

The British investigation concluded that the children, supposed being the evidence of the rape, were the result of agreeing relations or of rapes practiced by men not making party of the British army. The investigators raise the absence of evidence in support of these charges. The investigation also rejects the charges of complicity and complicities towards the British military hierarchy.

A spokesperson of the ministry for British Defense also revealed that “ the majority of the furnished informations by the Kenyan police force and the medical authorities seem to have been manufactured ”.

According to the British newspaper The Times, one of the women who had taken part in the demonstrations admitted having taken part there only after the promise of strong remunerations.

Reactions

The Kenyan government did not make any comment on the results of the investigation.

The president of the council of the county of Samburu, Fabian Lolosoli, with declared: “ the investigations were led in order to refuse justice with the victims ”.

Sources

cleared British Soldats - RFI - 12/14/2006
British military inquiry rejects Kenya grates claims - Guardian - 12/14/2006
New obviousness backs rap' by soldiers - Guardian - 12/14/2006

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