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Ex-soldiers in Supreme Court over bail

MOMBASA, KENYA: Some 26 former naval servicemen facing desertion charges will now move to the Supreme Court to try and secure bail after the Court of Appeal in Malindi yesterday reversed a High Court order issued on April 30 in Mombasa freeing them pending trial by a court martial.

The State has put them on trial alleging they deserted the Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) to work for a US security firm in Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq between 2007 and 2008.

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