{"id":4215,"date":"2020-01-28T13:23:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T13:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=287"},"modified":"2020-01-28T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T13:23:32","slug":"100-recruits-arrested-with-fake-kdf-calling-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4215","title":{"rendered":"100 recruits arrested with fake KDF calling letters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eldoret<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Peter Maestro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; <em><strong>Over 100 youths were arrested over weekend with fake KDF calling letters at Moi Barracks in Eldoret<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<em><strong> Sources allege that the youths were issued with these letters at as much as Ksh 250,000 each<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; <strong><em>The innocent and unemployed youths will be arraigned in court today Monday, January 27,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong><em> During recruitment exercise in Trans Nzoia County, two senior police officer were arrested with fake calling letters<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least 100 youths have been\narrested with fake Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) calling letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The innocent unemployed youths were arrested\nlast Sunday at Moi Barracks when they had gone to join the training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to police, the youths\nmight have been issued with fake calling letters at a fee from brokers\nmasquerading as KDF recruiters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It was reported today Sunday,\nJanuary 26, that over 100 youths were arrested at Moi Barracks training with\nfake KDF calling letters. The youths are being held and will be arraigned in\ncourt on Monday, January 27,&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> &#8220;<em><strong>There&#8217;s no way a civilian can engage in such business. There must be  senior officers in service behind such and this matter needs serious  investigation and those who issued fake calling letters brought to  book,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, according to a senior KDF\nofficer who requested his identity withheld for fear of victimization said the\nyouths were given fake calling letters by senior police officers at as much as\nKsh 250,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There&#8217;s no way a civilian can\nengage in such business. There must be senior officers in service behind such\nand this matter needs serious investigation and those who issued fake calling\nletters brought to book,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the recruitment exercise in\nRift Valley, two senior police officers were among the trio that were arrested\nin Endebess Trans-Nzoia with fake calling letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The three were caught\nred-handed trying to obtain money from unsuspecting parents whose children were\ntaken to KDFs Endebess Sub-County headquarters for the recruitment\nprocess,&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ends&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eldoret By Peter Maestro &#8211; Over 100 youths were arrested over weekend with fake KDF calling letters at Moi Barracks in Eldoret &#8211; Sources allege that the youths were issued with these letters at as much as Ksh 250,000 each &#8211; The innocent and unemployed youths will be arraigned in court today Monday, January 27, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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