British soldiers who use sex workers in Kenya find the ban, and the discovery of the investigation

An investigation conducted by the British army found that some soldiers stationed at a controversial base in Kenya continue to use sex workers despite being prevented from doing so.

A report said that the soldiers in the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Patock) used sex workers “at a low or mild level, adding that more work is needed to reduce this practice.

The investigation covered more than two years, and examined behavior in the rule dating back to July 2022.

It was assigned in October 2024 after the investigation by ITV in the behavior of the soldiers in Bathuk, including allegations that some army members were paying local women to have sex.

The ITV documentary was followed by the previous concerns about Patok after the death of a local woman in 2012 Agnis and Anjaro, who was claimed to have been killed by a British soldier stationed at the base.

Since then, a series of allegations about the behavior of the forces at the training site, which is located near the 200km city (125 miles) north of the capital of Kenya Nairobi.

In 2022, the UK Ministry of Defense prevented its forces from using sex workers abroad as part of efforts to reduce sexual exploitation and abuse throughout the army.

The UK’s General Staff, General Sir Rolli Walker, said in a statement that the army was committed to stopping sexual exploitation by those in its ranks.

“The results of the investigation of the service that cost it conclude that the gender of transactions is still taking place in Kenya at a low to moderate level. It should not happen at all.”

“There is absolutely no place for sexual exploitation and abuse of people in the British army. It is completely with what it means to be a British soldier. He is preying on weakness and benefits those who seek to benefit from ill -treatment and exploitation.”

Investigation of achieving the service A committee consisting of four people, including two service officers, a civilian employee, and an independent advisor, have been implemented.

It has been achieved in the behavior of the forces stationed in Patok and evaluated the army’s regulations to prevent violations of their organization JSP 769 that prevent soldiers from paying the price of sex.

Details of the report 35 cases in which BOUK soldiers were suspected for sex, as soldiers were deployed to al -Qaeda in July 2022. During that period, 7666 British soldiers served at the base.

It is noted that among these, 26 cases occurred before training on the new base for all army employees in November of that year, with nine cases reported since then. In most cases, the claim was not proven that the soldiers who paid for sex.

In addition to those detailed in the report, the BBC Foreign Ministry told a small number – less than five cases of alleged use of sex workers currently under investigation. The alleged incidents occurred after the completion of the investigation.

The report said that despite the training provided by the army and the controlled control measures, the fact is that the “sexual activity of transactions” by UK employees in Kenya was still happening, and that “the level is somewhere between low and medium.”

The report added: “It is not outside the scope of control, but the best way for the army to manage the risk is that the army assumes that it may be at the upper end of this scale between low and moderate.”

The report referred to the efforts made by the army to reduce this practice, including regular training and the use of “Sharkwatch” patrols with a non -delegated officer in the rank of censor or above a publication to monitor the behavior of novice employees when they left the base for the nights.

The army said it would implement recommendations from the report, including facilitating the exclusion of soldiers who found that they used sex workers and implement additional training.

This report follows years of controversy over the behavior of the soldiers in Patok, which was ignited through the investigation of the Sunday Times in 2021, which revealed his alleged involvement of a British soldier in the murder of the lady and Wandeo, a mother who was found in her body in a healthy exchange tank near a hotel where she was seen with the soldiers the night in which she disappeared.

Separately in Kenya, the deputies were conducting a broader allegations about the abuse of the local population by the soldiers in Patok and heard claims in the general listening sessions of injuries that were allegedly exposed to the behavior of British forces and soldiers who were born to children to the Kenyan mothers and then abandoned them when they returned home.

In June this year, a soldier stationed at Al Qaeda was sent to the United Kingdom after being accused of rape.

Achieving the service behind the last report said that he spoke to many local Kenyans and found the “vast majority” of the local population, happy with the presence of the Patoc camp.