The family of a young woman disabled in a hit-and-run incident, a mother abandoned when pregnant and a man who survived being mauled by a lion have all told a public inquiry in Kenya how they felt abused and mistreated by British soldiers.

The Kenya National Human Rights Commission prompted the inquiry by petitioning parliament to hold the British army accountable for alleged human rights abuses

Lioska Lesasuyan had his eye blown out and lost both his arms when he started playing with a rock on the ground, which turned out to be a British army explosive device.

A landmark public inquiry into allegations of human rights violations by British troops in Kenya has been hearing "heartbreaking" testimony from those who say they were mistreated. Dozens of people have this week given evidence to the parliamentary inquiry into the alleged misconduct of soldiers from the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Batuk).

The Kenyan Parliament has launched four public hearings into alleged human rights violations committed by UK troops stationed in the country, with the first two hearings taking place in Laikipia