MADRID, April 13. (EUROPEAN PRESS) –

The National Assembly of Kenya has approved a defense cooperation agreement with the UK, which includes a modified amendment to allow crimes committed against Kenyan citizens by British troops to be tried.

“Among the recommendations the National Assembly Defense Committee approved were amending the treaty to include killing by visiting troops as an offense that can be prosecuted under the jurisdiction of Kenya as the host country and for Kenya to pursue murder charges against British troops who committed the crime,” it read. statement from the National Assembly.

In turn, the House of Commons has adopted a recommendation that corporate social responsibility be included among the visiting obligations of troops towards host communities.

This decision was taken after accusations that troops trained on Kenyan territory had committed serious crimes and were not getting justice for them.

A young woman, Agnes Wanjiru, went missing in 2012 after she was seen leaving a Kenyan bar with British soldiers. Nearly three months later, the body was found in the waste of a hotel. However, no one has yet been brought to justice for the crime.

The UK Ministry of Defense has insisted it is cooperating with Kenyan authorities in the investigation, after allegations of concealment were made, the BBC reports.

The chairman of the Kenya Defense Committee, Nelson Koech, said in an interview with BBC Radio Focus on Africa that the aim of the measure was to prevent cases like Wanjiru from happening again.