Rumours of Al Shabaab raid, then ambush

Mr Edward Yesse Mule shows a keffiye that has now become a souvenir. He used it for various purposes during his incarceration. [PICTURES: EVANS HABIL]

In January 2012, Al Shabaab overran an AP Post in Gerille, Wajir, and captured Burderi DO Edward Yesse Mule and Immigration official Fredrick Irungu Wainaina. Both were released a week ago. Mr Mule shares his recollection of how they survived attack that killed eight, their journey and harrowing experience in Somalia and eventual release as told to KIPCHUMBA SOME ([email protected])

“The scene before our world came tumbling down,” recalls Edward Yesse Mule, the Kenyan District Officer abducted in 2012 in Wajir County by Somalia’s militant group Al Shabaab.