KENYA
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions his Department has had with the Kenyan government in relation to the operation of UK unmanned aerial vehicles within its territory. [155037]
Mr Robathan, Minister of State for the Armed Forces: The British Army Training Unit Kenya uses hand launched, unarmed, tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (such as the Desert Hawk III) for the purpose of training ground units. Manned aircraft are also used to simulate the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance effects of larger UAVs.
This has been agreed with both the Kenyan Ministry of Defence and the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority. Individual flights are notified to the Kenyan authorities.