Scam: 132 aspiring soldiers end up in police cells after being conned

Some of the 132 youths arrested at Recruits Training School in Eldoret after they presented fake calling letters yesterday. They were take to Eldoret Police Station awaiting to be arraigned in court. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard]

The full extent of deception and corruption in the recruitment of military personnel was laid bare yesterday, when hundreds of hopeful recruits were turned away for having fake Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) calling letters at the Moi Barracks Recruit Training School (RTS) in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.

About 132 would-be recruits told of how they were duped into giving out as much as Sh400,000 to join the military. They had letters, which they claimed to have been sent to them by contacts posing as senior military officers of the rank of Major.