Source: International Business Times
AFP A two-year BBC investigation has used DNA science to confirm what Kenyan communities near a British army base have alleged for generations: that soldiers fathered children across the region and left without acknowledgement, financial support, or any meaningful accountability. The findings, published 20 April 2026, form the basis of a new five-part podcast series and companion documentary by BBC Africa Eye titled Searching for Soldier Dad, which details how children aged between three and 70 were fathered by men serving at the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), located near Nanyuki, approximately 200 kilometres north of Nairobi. Working alongside UK-based children's rights lawyer James Netto, Kenyan human rights lawyer Kelvin Kubai, and geneticist Professor Denise Syndercombe Court of King's College London, the BBC team used commercially available DNA ancestry databases to trace absent British fathers.
