Slain KDF soldier missed last year's deadly attack by a whisker

Corporal Moses Mwakio's family mourn him at their home in Mikindani, Mombasa. Mwakio was one of the KDF officers killed by Al Shabaab militants in Kulbiyow, Somalia, last Friday. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

One of the soldiers killed in last Friday’s raid on a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) camp in Somalia narrowly missed a similar deadly attack last year.

Corporal Moses Mwakio, 40, was part of the 15 KR team dispatched to Kulbiyow Camp in Somalia, from their base at Mariakani barracks in Kilifi County.