[Ali Abdi, Standard]A youth from Kirinyaga yesterday told a court martial at 78 Tank Battalion in Isiolo how a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier allegedly demanded Sh300,000 with a promise to recruit him in the military. Edwin Kinyua, 21, claimed that his father, Kinyua Mureithi deposited the money in the account of Sergeant Andrew Muoki Mutua shortly after KDF advertised for recruitment in December 2019. I am the one who filled in the deposit slips and we obtained the confirmation slip,” Mandela told the court. He denied framing the accused alongside Wachira Mwigwe, another KDF soldier who is his (Mutua) uncle. “I am very disappointed and frustrated as my son did not get the job and I did not get my money back.

Source: Standard Digital February 18, 2021 20:11 UTC