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No mercy: Jobless youth scammed, kidnapped, charged with terrorism

An officer takes Kenyans through physical exercises during a past KDF recruitment drive. [File, Standard]

The predicament of millions of job seekers was recently aptly captured by Kakamega Senator Bony Khalwale, who fumed during a debate.

“Opportunities for children to join the military are being sold for up to Sh400,000. There’s an old man in Kakamega by the name of Morris Mate who owns a bull worth 250,000. He came to me and asked me to give him Sh400,000 to secure a chance for his child in the military,” he told the gathering.

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