Kamau is accused of recruiting Kenyan citizens by promising them high-paying jobs and then sending them to Russia, where many of them reportedly did not know the kind of work they were being sent to do.

However, Kamau denies the allegations, claiming that he has a legal agreement with the Russian military to help them find workers, and that these workers are former Kenyan soldiers only, not ordinary civilians. He adds that everyone who joins does so voluntarily.

Kamau is demanding that the Kenyan police compensate him with $76,000 (over 100 million Rwandan francs) for emotional distress, arguing that he has been detained and investigated for nearly a month.

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Reports indicate that Kamau was charging around $17,600 from each recruit, promising them high-paying jobs, although many of those who went have testified that they were shocked by the actual conditions they found upon arrival.

Kibet Evans, a young Kenyan man who was arrested in Ukraine, said he was taken to Russia under the pretext of sports activities, but was later forced to join the Russian military as a condition for his visa renewal.

The Ukrainian organization “I Want to Live” reports that since this past winter, over 10,000 foreign nationals from various countries have been illegally recruited into Russia’s war efforts.

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Figures provided by Edward Gituku Kamau himself suggest that more than 27,000 former African soldiers are now serving in the Russian army, including over 1,000 recruits who joined through his agency.

In recent days, Kenyan security agencies also questioned a Russian national, Mikhail Lyapin, who is allegedly involved in the same operation. However, the Russian Embassy in Kenya has categorically denied that Lyapin works for the Russian government or its embassy.