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| UK sergeant stranded in Kenya-UK row over death | UK sergeant stranded in Kenya-UK row over death |
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| Britain's relations with Kenya are under strain over an incident in which a Kenyan civilian was shot and killed during a military training exercise. | Britain's relations with Kenya are under strain over an incident in which a Kenyan civilian was shot and killed during a military training exercise. |
| A British Army sergeant is at the centre of a political tussle between the two governments over the case. | A British Army sergeant is at the centre of a political tussle between the two governments over the case. |
| The soldier has been unable to leave Kenya for more than seven months following the shooting. | The soldier has been unable to leave Kenya for more than seven months following the shooting. |
| Britain has a military agreement with Kenya, with 10,000 UK personnel a year visiting the country for training. | Britain has a military agreement with Kenya, with 10,000 UK personnel a year visiting the country for training. |
| UK soldiers were clearing an area of scrubland early on the morning of 10 June last year in preparation for a live-fire exercise. | UK soldiers were clearing an area of scrubland early on the morning of 10 June last year in preparation for a live-fire exercise. |
| Confrontation | |
| They spotted a group of local men, at least one of whom was armed. In the ensuing confrontation a Kenyan civilian was killed. | They spotted a group of local men, at least one of whom was armed. In the ensuing confrontation a Kenyan civilian was killed. |
| The precise circumstances of the shooting are still unclear, but the sergeant who was involved in the incident is still in Kenya. | |
| BBC East Africa correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse says the sergeant is confined to a British base while the two governments wrangle over legal jurisdiction in the case. | |
| He says the soldier has been named in the Kenyan parliament as Sergeant Madison. | |
| Our correspondent said the question of what should happen to him had become a big issue in the "febrile" atmosphere as a general election looms in Kenya in March. | |
| The military training base in Kenya provides British troops with valuable experience before being deployed to conflict zones such as Afghanistan. | The military training base in Kenya provides British troops with valuable experience before being deployed to conflict zones such as Afghanistan. |
| The deal is worth £25m to the Kenyan economy, and more in infrastructure projects, but officials and diplomats on both sides are suggesting this agreement is now under revision. | The deal is worth £25m to the Kenyan economy, and more in infrastructure projects, but officials and diplomats on both sides are suggesting this agreement is now under revision. |
| Last week a British man was killed by bandits in northern Kenya. | |
| Jamal Moghe, a special constable with the Metropolitan Police, was believed to be travelling from Marsabit towards the border with Ethiopia, to see his family. | |
| Odiambho Joseph, from the BBC's Swahili service, says banditry has been on the increase recently and in the last year several Kenyan policemen have been attacked and killed by suspected Islamist militants from Somalia. | |
| Gabriel Gatehouse says there have been suggestions that some armed bandits are keen to get their hands on night-vision goggles and other British military equipment. |