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Ex-military recruit now digs latrines for a living

Former Kenya Army recruit Kelvin Chesumba Sakong digging a toilet as part of his daily bread in Jerusalem estate in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.[Christopher Kipsang,Standard]

Kelvin Sakong was excited when he was enlisted to the National Youth Service in 2017, and over the moon when he was recruited to the military in 2018.

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