Army: Kenya

(asked on 25th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether British munitions were responsible for the explosion at Archers Post Training Area in 2021 that injured a civilian.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 30th November 2021

On 23 January 2021 a mini-flare was discovered and inadvertently deployed by a Kenyan civilian. This flare is consistent with British munitions that had been used in the area. The matter was investigated by the Kenyan authorities as it took place on Kenyan land and involved a Kenyan national.

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