UK Ministry of Defence clarifies why it never probed Agnes Wanjiru's killing

The Ministry of Defence's press office said in a statement on Sunday that, while they fully support the investigations, they are unable to conduct parallel investigations while the Kenyan probe is ongoing.

"The Royal Military Police are in daily contact with Kenyan authorities and are assisting with lines of inquiry within the UK," the Ministry of Defence Press Office Tweeted on Sunday. 

The latest comes in the wake of an alleged cover-up by Kenyan and British top brass, ostensibly to maintain diplomatic relations following the murder of Ms Wanjiru, who left behind a five-month-old baby and a bereaved family who have been pleading for justice ever since.

Two months after she vanished in March 2012, the body of the mother-of-one, who was 21 at the time, was discovered at the Lions Court Hotel in Nanyuki, near the British Army Training Unit Kenya camp.

Wanjiru, who was last seen in the company of two British soldiers on that fateful night, had dropped out of school to care for her baby. On that night, she had joined soldiers who were having a n unbridled party at the hotel. 

Her body would be discovered by a maintenance worker who had reported a foul odor coming from the establishment's septic tank.

Ms Wanjiru died of stab wounds to the chest and abdomen, according to a post-mortem examination.

There was also evidence she had been beaten, although due to the condition of her body it was unclear whether she had been sexually assaulted.