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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evelyne Musambi and Vivianne Wandera

Families of Kenyan recruits duped into fighting in Russia's war on Ukraine demand their sons return

Kenya Russia Recruits - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Families of Kenyan recruits duped with promises of work in Russia who ended up on the front lines of the fighting in Ukraine petitioned the country's parliament on Thursday to ban the recruitment of Kenyans for Moscow's war.

The families held up photographs of their sons who are either now on the front lines or have been killed, wounded or are missing in the war. They marched through the streets of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, chanting slogans asking authorities to bring their loved ones home.

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