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A century later, Kenya beats British troops to capture Afmadow

By AMOS KAREITHI

When Kenya dispatched her forces to Somalia in October last year, the world waited with bated breath to see the outcome. Hopes of the untested troops scoring any victory against the battle-hardened Al Shaabab outfit were indeed slim.

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