KDF soldier sacked for 'burning a spy' awarded Sh5m

Justice Jemimah Keli noted that the speed at which Mulekano's case was heard and determined denied him the opportunity to challenge the evidence against him, or even the right to mitigate. [File, Standard]

A Kenya Defence Force (KDF) soldier who was sacked on allegations that he burnt a spy who trespassed in a highly guarded KDF military base on hot coal has won a protracted four-year court battle against his employer who has been ordered to pay him Sh5 million.

Douglas Wawire Mulekano is said to have tortured the spy at the Garissa county-based Sangailu camp, around where tens of KDF officers and assets worth millions of shillings had been torn to pieces by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by enemy forces linked to the Al Shabaab terror group.