British Troops Commit Atrocities in Kenya, Parliament 'Surprised'
A Kenyan parliamentary inquiry has detailed alleged human rights violations, environmental destruction, and sexual abuse by British soldiers, citing 'institutional resistance' to their investigation. This isn't a new script. From India to Ireland, the pattern of colonial military presence generating such reports, then obstructing their resolution, is a historical constant. The Batuk inquiry isn't
an aberration; it's a predictable outcome of military bases operating with perceived impunity on foreign soil. This 'surprise' at human rights abuses and 'non-cooperation' is less about genuinely discovering new information and more about the performative outrage that precedes an inevitable whitewash, or at best, minor concessions. How many times must the locals document the same abuses before the
colonizer's legacy is acknowledged, not just reported?