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26 former soldiers get life sentences for desertion

Some of the Kenya Navy soldiers sentenced to life imprisonment for deserting duty. They have appealed for bond pending the hearing of their appeal on February 26. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/ STANDARD]

Twenty-six navy soldiers, charged by three military tribunals in Mombasa with desertion, have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The soldiers were charged with deserting the Kenya military to work for US security firms in Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq in 2007 and 2008 before three military courts at the  Mtongwe naval base.

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