Why Nairobi MPs want KDF recruitment at every sub-county

Kenya Army personnel march during KDF pass out parade at the Defence Forces Recruit Training School in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, on May 15, 2024. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Lawmakers from Nairobi County want the planned Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) recruitment cascaded to each of the 17 sub-counties within Kenya’s capital, lamenting that conflating different constituencies was discriminatory against the capital’s residents.

Led by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna and Embakasi West Member of Parliament Mark Mwenje, the MPs oppose a KDF advertisement that only designated three recruitment zones for Nairobi – Nyayo Stadium, Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani and Jamhuri Grounds.