"According to the intelligence report, Ichung'wah said, employment agencies were targeting former military personnel and police officers and civilians from their mid-20s to 50 years old who are desperate for job opportunities abroad. The employment agencies were enticing Kenyans by promising them monthly salaries of about 350,000 shillings (2,000), bonuses of between 900,000 shillings and 1.2m shillings and eventual Russian citizenship, the report said."
"The figure of more than 1,000 individuals is a significant increase on the number given in a statement by Kenya's foreign affairs ministry in November, which said that more than 200 Kenyans had travelled to fight in the war. A growing number of people from African countries including Kenya, Uganda and South Africa and elsewhere have been lured to the frontline as Russia seeks manpower to sustain its invasion. Ukraine's foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, said in November that more than 1,400 people from 36 African countries were fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Many are being held by Ukraine as prisoners of war."
An intelligence report to the Kenyan parliament found more than 1,000 Kenyans were lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine. Rogue recruitment agencies and individuals targeted former military personnel, police officers and civilians aged mid-20s to 50 seeking overseas jobs. Agencies enticed recruits with promises of monthly salaries of about 350,000 shillings (2,000), bonuses between 900,000 and 1.2 million shillings and eventual Russian citizenship. The report accused agencies of colluding with staff at government bodies including the Directorate of Immigration Services, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the Anti-Narcotics Unit and the National Employment Authority to prevent interception at Nairobi's airport. Many recruited fighters from African countries have been taken to frontlines and are being held by Ukraine as prisoners of war.
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