A Kenyan court has given a community in northern Kenya two months to claim compensation over fire caused by the British army during their training in March last year.
The compensation process is yet to be set within the week by a partnership between the Kenyan and UK governments.
Lawyers for the British army in June asked the environment court to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing the Kenyan courts lack jurisdiction over the matter.
At the time of the blaze, one British soldier allegedly wrote in a Snapchat post: “Two months in Kenya later and we’ve only got eight days left. Been good, caused a fire, killed an elephant and feel terrible about it but hey-ho, when in Rome.”
A spokesperson for the British High Commission said the army had conducted an internal investigation into the fire.
The Lolldiaga community has been embroiled in a legal dispute with Batuk following the inferno that laid waste to an estimated 10,000 acres during a training exercise.
The petitioners complained of having inhaled too much smoke from the fire such that one child got hospitalized.
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