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    "content": "(a) Senior Private Evans Ochieng was enlisted in the Kenya Defence Forces on 28th April, 1988 and posted to 12th Engineer Battalion on completion of the basic recruit training. He later trained as a pay clerk and worked in various units, including the Kenya Army Salaries Department in 1992, where he was employed as a binder clerk until he was dismissed from the Defence Forces in May 2006. The serviceman was involved in several fraud cases while he was discharging his duties in the Kenya Army Salaries Department. Following thorough investigations, the serviceman was found to have a case to answer relating to fraud and, subsequently, three charges were preferred against him under Section 68 of the Armed Forces Act. The Commanding Officer found him guilty on all the charges during the summary trial. He was demoted from the rank of corporal to private in the first charge. He was imprisoned for 42 days in the second charge and dismissed from the Defence Forces in the third charge. The serviceman later sought redress as provided for in Section 226 of the Armed Forces Act on the grounds that the award meted to him was too severe. He further pleaded for leniency mitigating that he did not know what he was doing as a binder clerk. His redress was, however, dismissed by the Commander, Kenya Army for lack of merit."
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