UK expels five KDF soldiers as row with Kenya escalates

Foreign Affairs PS Karanja Kibicho downplayed diplomatic row between Kenya and UK.

Kenya: The diplomatic row that has left over 700 British soldiers stranded in Nairobi has taken a new twist with reports that the UK has hit back by expelling five senior military officers.

Kenya Government sources Tuesday told The Standard that London had ordered the officers, who were undergoing training in the UK, to return home immediately.