Five senior Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers have been charged for obtaining money under false pretenses contrary to Section 313 of the penal code.
The officers are accused of soliciting bribes during a recruitment exercise conducted across the country earlier this year.
The servicemen who appeared before a court marshal at the Kahawa Barracks pleaded not guilty to the charges pressed against them.
Officer Anthony Leboo who is believed to have been the mastermind of the scheme, was charged alongside two majors, a constable and a lieutenant.
"A discipline that calls for insider understanding of the norms and customs, the civil courts may knot do justice in military cases hence the need to have military members sit in the court marshal," Principal Magistrate Hosea Ng'ang'a stated.
They were taken into custody and will remain there pending the determination of the case that will begin on June 21, 2021.
Special Court Marshal prosecutor Canon Yator stated that KDF is determined to maintain a positive reputation and credibility of its national recruitment exercises that has been riddled with malpractices.
