Imagine a training camp filled with thousands of white British soldiers. The soldiers go out into town, meet Kenyan women at clubs, bars and local markets and begin dating. Soon a woman falls in love, and they make love. She becomes pregnant, but he redeploys back to his home country, and they never see each other again. The child knows their dad is British, but they have never seen or known each other.
According to BBC News Africa, there are over 100 documented cases of children born to British soldiers in Kenya who have grown up without knowing their dads.
British soldiers in Nanyuki, Kenya, have fathered children with local women, often abandoning them. The age range of the children identified spans from 3 to 70 years old. 
The British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), permanent training support unit based mainly in Nanyuki, 200km north of Nairobi. They conduct joint training exercises with the Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) and engage in community outreach programmes, including forestry replanting and mobile medical clinics, providing healthcare to remote regions with limited access.
However noble their cause has been, they have engaged in improper acts with locals and have neglected their parental responsibility, leaving a trail of children wondering, “Where is daddy?”
This documentary follows a couple of these children trying to find their fathers. The UK government is also using DNA technology to link these fathers to their children, although many of them are ashamed of their actions and would much rather run away.
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