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Former Deputy President makes explosive allegation that the government secretly deployed Kenyan youth to fight in Ukraine, exposing them to lethal danger.

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has detonated a political bombshell, accusing President Ruto’s administration of personally orchestrating the deployment of Kenyan youth to the frontlines of the Russia-Ukraine war. In a scathing attack, Gachagua alleged that young men were promised jobs but delivered into a war zone.
These grave allegations, if proven, would implicate the government in an international mercenary scandal and demand immediate accountability for the lives of Kenyans reportedly killed in foreign trenches. Gachagua, now fully unmoored from the administration he helped install, described the deployment as a "betrayal of the highest order," painting a picture of a government that views its youth as exportable cannon fodder.
Speaking to supporters, Gachagua did not mince words. He claimed that Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua and the President were directly involved in the logistics of sending these youths to Russia. "They told them they were going for security jobs," he thundered. "Instead, they are facing freezing weather, bombs, and gunfire."
The government has yet to issue a comprehensive rebuttal, but the damage is already being done. By linking the President personally to the deaths of Kenyan youth abroad, Gachagua is inciting a visceral emotional response from the electorate. The narrative of "our sons dying for foreign wars" is a potent political weapon, and Gachagua has just pulled the trigger.
As the families of the missing wait for answers, the former Deputy President has ensured that their silence will now be the loudest noise in Kenyan politics.
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