UK/Kenya Defence Cooperation Agreement

International agreement in relation to defense.

Committee report, 11 January 2022

Noted for information:

UK/Kenya Defence Cooperation Agreement

This international agreement was laid in the UK Parliament on 25 November 2021. Its scrutiny deadline, as required by the CRaG Act 2010, is 17 January 2022.

The aim of this agreement it to provide status of forces arrangements for deployed service personnel and their dependants to each other’s country to conduct defence cooperation activity. It renews and updates the 2016 Defence Cooperation Agreement with Kenya, which expired on 6 October 2021.

The Explanatory Memorandum states that the agreement concerns defence cooperation between the UK and Kenya, which relates fully to a reserved matter with no direct implications for the devolved governments. As such, devolved governments were not consulted on its drafting.

We noted the agreement for information only. "