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= Solution

Every metric component depends only on $r$, so translations of $t$ and $\phi$ leave the metric unchanged. Equivalently,
$$
\mathcal L_{\partial_t}g_{ab}=\partial_tg_{ab}=0,
\qquad
\mathcal L_{\partial_\phi}g_{ab}=\partial_\phi g_{ab}=0.
$$
Thus $k=\partial_t$ and $m=\partial_\phi$ are <Killing vector fields>, generating stationarity and axial symmetry respectively.

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