- A former soldier of the Kenya Defense Forces has opened up about the reason why he voluntarily resigned from the army after many years in the army
- Stanley Gichira revealed that witnessing the painful experience of his colleague who went through difficulties despite serious health problems made him start to wonder about his future in the army
- The ex-soldier claimed his colleague, who suffered severe back problems and was confined to a wheelchair, was charged a few days after being off duty while he recovered.
- Fearing that one day he might face the same fate, he advised his wife and decided to resign from the army before he suffered serious health problems.
A former soldier of the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) has narrated how he voluntarily left the Kenyan army to pursue other interests.
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Stanley Gichira narrated that the incident that his colleague went through made him wonder about his future and KDFand eventually this made him resign from the army.
Speaking to Hot96, Stanley noted that his colleague’s condition prompted him to resign, as he was accused of absconding because he stayed away from work due to health problems.
“There was this colleague of mine who had back problems, and so he chose to stay at home to recover. He thought he would be excused from staying at home due to his health problems. He was even in a wheelchair. However, what I saw happen to him is that he was later charged and detained for 42 days for running away, and later fired.
I was worried that this would happen to me, and so I talked to my wife and told her about my decision to resign to avoid getting health problems,” he said.
Stanley said he started by getting a three-month final leave, and later he made a clearance and was given a green card to officially leave the military.
However, all the money he got from his benefits ended up being used to pay off a large part of the bank loan he was servicing.
He noted that he also owed money for injuries sustained during his service.
Stanley’s life after the army
However, things did not go well for Stanley after he left the army, and he had to apply to join the Russian army due to the financial problems he faced.
“I had hoped to become a taxi driver, but that plan did not materialize. Then I applied to join the army in Ukraine online. I applied in 202. The process took three to four months, and I had an interview. I received an acceptance letter and a report letter,” he said.
Stanley, he said, the only reason he could not travel to his camp was that the Kenyan government intervened.
“I was in the last group of people who would travel to Russia, but because many Kenyans were dying in the war, travel became difficult,” he added.
A Kenyan man in the Russian army asks for help
In other news, a Kenyan man in Russia took to social media to seek help after being injured in a drone attack in Russia’s war with Ukraine.
Denis Mokaya Mongare says he left Kenya in November last year after being linked to a recruitment agency identified as Maria, who allegedly promised him a job in Russia.
“We didn’t know what we were signing,” he reportedly said. “We were confused and scared.”
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