House team wants BATUK grilled over atrocities

Defence PS Patrick Mariru consult when they appeared before the National Assembly Sports and Culture at Parliament on April 10, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

A parliamentary committee is now pushing for the top brass of the British Army Training Unit (BATUK) to appear before it over the atrocities committed during their operations in the country.

This came on a day the Ministry of Defence defended itself against claims by Members of Parliament that it was shielding officers from BATUK from appearing before the committee.