Kenya's foreign minister Musalia Mudavadi told a Senate committee on Thursday that 19 Kenyan nationals have died fighting on the Ukrainian front line and 32 others are unaccounted for, amid growing outrage over the forced enlistment of Kenyans into the Russian military. Mudavadi said the confirmed number of Kenyans serving in Russian forces has climbed to 291, though Kenyan intelligence estimates the true figure exceeds 1,000, with recruits lured by false promises of well-paying civilian jobs before being compelled to fight. Two Kenyans are reportedly held as prisoners of war in Ukraine, 53 have been repatriated, and Kenya's deputy foreign minister has condemned Russia's use of its citizens as "cannon fodder."