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Deaths Reported During KDF Recruitment and Operations in Turkana - October 2025
Protests have erupted in Kaputir, Turkana South, after two National Police Reservists (NPRs) were allegedly killed by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) on Wednesday, October 22. Residents responded by blocking the Kaputir-Kapenguria Road to demand justice. Separately, two students died during KDF recruitment drives. A Garissa University student collapsed during physical exercises in Wajir and was pronounced dead upon arrival at a hospital, with his family now appealing to the government for assistance. In another incident on October 22, a 22-year-old Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology student died during a recruitment exercise in Kabuchai constituency, Bungoma County, after collapsing during a running drill.


