A confidential Kenyan intelligence report has revealed that up to 1,000 Kenyans have been recruited to fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine,...

A confidential Kenyan intelligence report has revealed that up to 1,000 Kenyans have been recruited to fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine, exposing what lawmakers describe as a deeply troubling network of rogue officials and human trafficking syndicates. The report, submitted to parliament by the National Intelligence Service, says 89 Kenyans were on the front lines of the Russia–Ukraine war as of February. At least one Kenyan has been killed, while dozens have returned home wounded or traumatised. Others remain missing. Presenting the findings, majority leader Kimani Ichung’wah alleged that recruitment agencies worked in collusion with corrupt airport staff, immigration officials, detectives, anti-narcotics officers and personnel from Kenya’s National Employment Authority to facilitate the departures....