Defence Secretary John Healey met with her family in April during a visit to Kenya. The British Army has an agreement with Kenya to deploy up to six battalions a year for training.

The alleged rape involving a soldier from the British base in Kenya follows previous allegations that a soldier stationed in Kenya was involved in the murder of a local woman in 2012.

A British soldier accused of raping a woman near a controversial army camp in Kenya has been sent back to the UK, as investigations continue, the BBC understands. The alleged rape happened last ...

A UK soldier accused of raping a woman near a controversial British army base in Kenya allegedly attacked a British national, not a Kenyan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. In a ...

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The alleged rape involving a soldier from the British base in Kenya follows previous allegations that a soldier stationed in Kenya was involved in the murder of a local woman in 2012.

The BBC and other British media reported that a British Army soldier was accused of rape. “We can confirm the arrest of a Service person in Kenya,” the defense ministry said in a statement.

The base -- British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) -- has been the focus of several controversies in Kenya in the past, notably the 2012 murder of a young Kenyan woman.