Kenya Changes Military Pact With Britain Over Sex Worker Murder

Soldiers take up position as they take part in a simulated military excercise of the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK) together with the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) at the ol-Daiga ranch, high on Kenyas Laikipia plateau on March 27, 2018. Britain's 16 Air Assault Brigade was in Kenya with three companies of Gurkhas, a storied regiment made up predominately of Nepalese recruits, with their signature curved kukri knives. In recent years, infantry units were sent to Kenya for their final training before being deployed to Afghanistan and, for "rapid reaction force" 16 Air Assault, being always battle-ready is a point of pride. / AFP PHOTO / TONY KARUMBA Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images

Kenya has made major changes to its defence agreement with the UK over allegations a British soldier brutally killed a local sex worker.

Murder will now be a triable offence for UK troops after Kenyan MPs voted in favour of amending its Kenya-UK Defence Cooperation Agreement.