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Why scores of ladies were turned away from KDF recruitment

A soldier takes youths who turned up for recruitment into KDF at Moi Stadium in Kisumu through physical exercises. Very few people showed up for the exercise in the area. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Female candidates who turned up for military recruitment in Kwale and Taita Taveta left dejected after officials informed them they were not enlisting women.

And in Lamu County, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) offered women only one slot.

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