As Mudavadi met Lavrov, Russia sent trapped Kenyans to the frontline

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi before talks in Moscow on March 16, 2026. [AFP]

Uncertain about the deals to be signed between Russia’s Foreign Secretary and his Kenyan counterpart and that they could lead to repatriation of Kenyans trapped on its war frontlines, Moscow’s defence ministry quickly set in motion a secret plan to deploy trapped Kenyans to the thick of battle, The Standard has learnt.

In what appears to be a way to fully exploit Kenyans duped into war as well as evade any successes that the Prime Cabinet Secretary’s Musalia Mudavadi’s trip to Moscow would have scored, the Russian Military resolved to dispatch more than 500 Kenyan men to the frontlines on a day Sergey Lavrov and Mudavadi were meeting in Moscow; Tuesday, March 16.