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Practice Relating to Rule 7. The Principle of Distinction between Civilian Objects and Military Objectives
Section B. Attacks against military objectives
III. Military Manuals
Kenya’s LOAC Manual (1997) provides: “Attacks are only to be directed against military objectives. Civilian objects are therefore to be spared, unless they are used for military purposes.” 
Kenya, Law of Armed Conflict, Military Basic Course (ORS), 4 Précis, The School of Military Police, 1997, Précis No. 2, p. 15; see also Précis No. 3, p. 14, and Précis No. 4, p. 1.