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Jubilation for Nyeri couple as son who survived El-Adde Al Shabaab attack is flown home

Wlliam Kagume (left) and his wife Zippora Nyambura (right) brief the media at their home in Amboni, within Kieni, Nyeri county, January 21, 2016, on the recovery progress of their son Erick Wambugu who is undergoing treatment at Forces Memorial Hospital in Nairobi after he survived the terror attack on a Kenya Defence Forces camp at El Adde in Somalia with gunshot wounds. [PHOTO:MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD]

William Kagume and Zipporah Nyambura could not hide their joy when they saw their son Eric Wambugu disembark from a military plane at Wilson Airport.

The 29-year-old was one of the survivors of the El-Adde attack. Mr Wambugu, who is based at the Gilgil Army Barracks, was among the first batch of survivor to be flown into the country.

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