{"id":1370196,"date":"2026-03-16T19:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kenyan-authorities-announced-the-suspension-of-recruitment-of-their-citizens-into-the-russian-army\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:06:25","slug":"kenyan-authorities-announced-the-suspension-of-recruitment-of-their-citizens-into-the-russian-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/kenyan-authorities-announced-the-suspension-of-recruitment-of-their-citizens-into-the-russian-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan authorities announced the suspension of recruitment of their citizens into the Russian army"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kenyan<\/span> government<\/span> announced<\/span> that<\/span> it has reached<\/span> an agreement<\/span> with<\/span> Russia<\/span> to<\/span> stop<\/span> recruiting<\/span> its<\/span> citizens<\/span> into<\/span> the Russian<\/span> army<\/span> to<\/span> participate<\/span> in<\/span> the war<\/span> against<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reuters<\/span><\/a> reports<\/span> this<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kenyan<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Minister<\/span> Musalia<\/span> Mudavadi<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> relevant<\/span> agreement<\/span> was reached<\/span> during<\/span> negotiations<\/span> with<\/span> Russian<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Minister<\/span> Sergei<\/span> Lavrov<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to<\/span> him<\/span> ,<\/span> the parties<\/span> agreed<\/span> that<\/span> Kenyan<\/span> citizens<\/span> would no<\/span> longer<\/span> be recruited<\/span> into<\/span> the Russian<\/span> army<\/span> through<\/span> the Russian<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of Defense<\/span> and<\/span> there would be no<\/span> new<\/span> recruitment<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the same time,<\/span> there are plans<\/span> to provide<\/span> consular<\/span> assistance<\/span> to those<\/span> Kenyans<\/span> who<\/span> have already<\/span> joined<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> troops<\/span> .<\/p>\n

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Mudavadi<\/span> noted<\/span> that<\/span> the country’s<\/span> government<\/span> has felt<\/span> pressure<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> families<\/span> of citizens<\/span> who<\/span> went to<\/span> fight<\/span> or<\/span> went<\/span> missing.<\/span> At the same time<\/span> , he<\/span> stressed<\/span> that<\/span> the Kenyan<\/span> authorities<\/span> do not<\/span> want<\/span> relations<\/span> with<\/span> Russia<\/span> to<\/span> be defined<\/span> solely by<\/span> the issue<\/span> of war.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In<\/span> February<\/span> 2026<\/span> ,<\/span> an intelligence<\/span> report<\/span> was presented<\/span> to<\/span> the Kenyan<\/span> parliament<\/span> , stating<\/span> that<\/span> Russia<\/span> had<\/span> recruited<\/span> over<\/span> a<\/span> thousand<\/span> of its<\/span> citizens<\/span> for<\/span> the war<\/span> .<\/span> This is<\/span> significantly<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> Kenyan<\/span> authorities<\/span> had previously<\/span> assumed<\/span> .<\/p>\n

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In<\/span> early<\/span> March,<\/span> protests<\/span> took place in the country,<\/span> during<\/span> which<\/span> people<\/span> demanded<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> authorities<\/span> clarify<\/span> the<\/span> fate<\/span> of<\/span> relatives<\/span> who<\/span> may<\/span> have ended up<\/span> in<\/span> the Russian<\/span> army.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Russian<\/span> side<\/span> claims<\/span> that<\/span> Kenyan<\/span> citizens<\/span> join<\/span> the<\/span> army<\/span> voluntarily<\/span> and<\/span> sign<\/span> contracts<\/span> with<\/span> the Russian Ministry<\/span> of Defense<\/span> themselves<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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As previously reported, Russia has changed its approach to recruiting foreigners to participate in the war against Ukraine. The recruitment of foreign citizens into the Russian army is increasingly being carried out on a systematic basis.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Recall that mercenaries from Africa who fought on the side of Russia against Ukraine received Russian passports.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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The Kenyan government announced that it has reached an agreement with Russia to stop recruiting its citizens into the Russian army to participate in the war against Ukraine. Reuters reports this . Kenyan Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi said that the relevant agreement was reached during negotiations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov . According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1360929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1370196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1360929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}