Kenyans to Be Paid for Military-Related Losses
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From Times Wire Reports
Britain’s government said it would pay $7 million in compensation to more than 220 Kenyans who say they are victims of explosives left behind by British troops.
About 228 members of the Masai and Samburu ethnic groups launched legal action against London last year, saying they have been maimed or had relatives who were killed by munitions from British military exercises.
The British army has used military training grounds north of Nairobi, the capital, since World War II. The lands also serve as grazing areas for the Samburu and Masai.
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